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| author | Mhatre, Saurabh Dube, Zack Staudte, André Gräfe, Stefanie Kübel, Matthias |
| author_facet | Mhatre, Saurabh Dube, Zack Staudte, André Gräfe, Stefanie Kübel, Matthias |
| contents | When a chemical bond is broken, the molecular structure undergoes a transformation. An ideal experiment should probe the change in the electronic and nuclear structure simultaneously. Here, we present a method for the simultaneous time-resolved imaging of nuclear and electron dynamics by combining Coulomb explosion imaging with strong-field photoelectron momentum imaging. The simplest chemical reaction, H$_2^+$ $\rightarrow$ H$^+ +$ H, is probed experimentally for the delay-dependent kinetic energy release, and numerically for the transient change in the photoelectron spectra during the dissociation process. The three-dimensional Schrödinger equation is solved in the fixed-nuclei approximation numerically and the results are compared to those from a simple imaging model. The numerical results reflect the evolution in the electron density in the molecular ion as its bond is first stretched and then brakes apart. Our work shows how simple gas-phase chemical dynamics can be captured in complete molecular movies. |
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| spellingShingle | Towards simultaneous imaging of ultrafast nuclear and electronic dynamics in small molecules Mhatre, Saurabh Dube, Zack Staudte, André Gräfe, Stefanie Kübel, Matthias Atomic Physics Optics When a chemical bond is broken, the molecular structure undergoes a transformation. An ideal experiment should probe the change in the electronic and nuclear structure simultaneously. Here, we present a method for the simultaneous time-resolved imaging of nuclear and electron dynamics by combining Coulomb explosion imaging with strong-field photoelectron momentum imaging. The simplest chemical reaction, H$_2^+$ $\rightarrow$ H$^+ +$ H, is probed experimentally for the delay-dependent kinetic energy release, and numerically for the transient change in the photoelectron spectra during the dissociation process. The three-dimensional Schrödinger equation is solved in the fixed-nuclei approximation numerically and the results are compared to those from a simple imaging model. The numerical results reflect the evolution in the electron density in the molecular ion as its bond is first stretched and then brakes apart. Our work shows how simple gas-phase chemical dynamics can be captured in complete molecular movies. |
| title | Towards simultaneous imaging of ultrafast nuclear and electronic dynamics in small molecules |
| topic | Atomic Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07088 |