"Rotational dephasing of symmetric top molecules: analytic expressions and applications" Oliver Schalk; Paul Hockett
Chem. Phys. Lett. 517, 237 (2011)
Abstract: An analytic expression for the rotational dephasing of an ensemble of symmetric top
molecules excited by a short laser pulse is developed. This expression can be used to discern rotation
from electronic and vibrational dynamics in polarization resolved studies and is computationally less
demanding than numeric simulations used previously. The result agrees well with quantum
mechanical treatment, both at room temperature and at cold rotational temperatures found in
molecular beams. Applications to transient anisotropy and photoelectron angular distributions are
given. Finally, we raise the possibility of combining transient anisotropy techniques with time-resolved
photoelectron spectroscopy.
BMO authors (in alphabetic order): Oliver Schalk
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