Sub-Femtosecond Stark Control of Molecular Photoexcitation with Near Single-Cycle Pulses

Mignolet, Benoit; Curchod, Basile F. E.; Remacle, Francoise; Martínez, Todd J.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03814

Title: Sub-Femtosecond Stark Control of Molecular Photoexcitation with Near Single-Cycle Pulses

Journal Article · 29 January 2019 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03814 · OSTI ID:1506954

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Univ. of Liege, Liege (Belgium)
Durham Univ., Durham (United Kingdom)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Electric fields can tailor molecular potential energy surfaces by interaction with the electronic state-dependent molecular dipole moment. Recent developments in optics have enabled the creation of ultrashort few-cycle optical pulses with precise control of the carrier envelope phase (CEP) that determines the offset of the maxima in the field and the pulse envelope. This opens news ways of controlling ultrafast molecular dynamics by exploiting the CEP. In this work, we show that the photoabsorption efficiency of oriented H₂CSO (sulfine) can be controlled by tuning the CEP. As a result, we further show that this control emanates from a resonance condition related to Stark shifting of the electronic energy levels.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1506954

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 10; ISSN 1948-7185

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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