Flipping electric dipole in the vibrational wave packet dynamics of carbon monoxide
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| author | Barbero-Petrel, Carlos Schmelcher, Peter González-Férez, Rosario |
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| contents | Recently Rydberg atom-ion bound states have been observed using a high resolution ion microscope (Nature 605, 453 (2022)) and the corresponding vibrational dynamics has been spectroscopically analyzed. The atom-ion bond is created by an avoided crossing, which involves a flipping molecular dipole. Motivated by the discovery of this binding mechanism we address here the question whether a similar behavior can also occur for ground state diatomic molecules. Specifically, we investigate the vibrational wave packet dynamics within the $^1Σ^+_g$ electronic ground-state of carbon monoxide (CO), which shows a zero crossing of its dipole moment function close to its equilibrium. Via time-evolution of coherent states we demonstrate that indeed a flipping dipole is obtained and its dynamics can be controlled to some extent. Varying the coherent state parameter we explore different regions of the vibrational excitation spectrum thereby tuning the time scales of the rapid oscillatory motion of the relevant observables, their decay and revivals as well as the transition to a regime of irregular dynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | Flipping electric dipole in the vibrational wave packet dynamics of carbon monoxide Barbero-Petrel, Carlos Schmelcher, Peter González-Férez, Rosario Atomic Physics Quantum Physics Recently Rydberg atom-ion bound states have been observed using a high resolution ion microscope (Nature 605, 453 (2022)) and the corresponding vibrational dynamics has been spectroscopically analyzed. The atom-ion bond is created by an avoided crossing, which involves a flipping molecular dipole. Motivated by the discovery of this binding mechanism we address here the question whether a similar behavior can also occur for ground state diatomic molecules. Specifically, we investigate the vibrational wave packet dynamics within the $^1Σ^+_g$ electronic ground-state of carbon monoxide (CO), which shows a zero crossing of its dipole moment function close to its equilibrium. Via time-evolution of coherent states we demonstrate that indeed a flipping dipole is obtained and its dynamics can be controlled to some extent. Varying the coherent state parameter we explore different regions of the vibrational excitation spectrum thereby tuning the time scales of the rapid oscillatory motion of the relevant observables, their decay and revivals as well as the transition to a regime of irregular dynamics. |
| title | Flipping electric dipole in the vibrational wave packet dynamics of carbon monoxide |
| topic | Atomic Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04065 |