From a one-mode to a multi-mode understanding of conical intersection mediated ultrafast organic photochemical reactions

Y Boeije, M Olivucci - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last few decades, conical intersections (CoIns) have grown from theoretical
curiosities into common mechanistic features of photochemical reactions, whose function is …

H2: the benchmark molecule for ultrafast science and technologies

H Ibrahim, C Lefebvre, AD Bandrauk… - Journal of Physics B …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This review article focuses on imaging and controlling ultrafast dynamics of the hydrogen
molecule and its cation, initiated by ultrashort laser pulses. We discuss the mechanisms …

Attosecond physics at the nanoscale

MF Ciappina, JA Pérez-Hernández… - Reports on Progress …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently two emerging areas of research, attosecond and nanoscale physics, have started
to come together. Attosecond physics deals with phenomena occurring when ultrashort laser …

Ultrafast formation dynamics of D3+ from the light-driven bimolecular reaction of the D2–D2 dimer

L Zhou, H Ni, Z Jiang, J Qiang, W Jiang, W Zhang… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The light-driven formation of trihydrogen cation has been attracting considerable attention
because of its important role as an initiator of chemical reactions in interstellar clouds. To …

Femtosecond electronic and hydrogen structural dynamics in ammonia imaged with ultrafast electron diffraction

EG Champenois, NH List, M Ware, M Britton… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Directly imaging structural dynamics involving hydrogen atoms by ultrafast diffraction
methods is complicated by their low scattering cross sections. Here we demonstrate that …

Carrier-envelope phase on-chip scanner and control of laser beams

V Hanus, B Fehér, V Csajbók, P Sándor, Z Pápa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) is an important property of few-cycle laser pulses,
allowing for light field control of electronic processes during laser-matter interactions. Thus …

Tailoring single-cycle near field in a tunnel junction with carrier-envelope phase-controlled terahertz electric fields

K Yoshioka, I Katayama, Y Arashida, A Ban… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Light-field-driven processes occurring under conditions far beyond the diffraction limit of the
light can be manipulated by harnessing spatiotemporally tunable near fields. A tailor-made …

Time-resolved molecular dynamics of single and double hydrogen migration in ethanol

NG Kling, S Díaz-Tendero, R Obaid, MR Disla… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Being the lightest, most mobile atom that exists, hydrogen plays an important role in the
chemistry of hydrocarbons, proteins and peptides and most biomolecules. Hydrogen can …

Nanoimaging and control of molecular vibrations through electromagnetically induced scattering reaching the strong coupling regime

EA Muller, B Pollard, HA Bechtel, R Adato… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Optical resonators can enhance light–matter interaction, modify intrinsic molecular
properties such as radiative emission rates, and create new molecule–photon hybrid …

Two-body dissociation of formic acid following double ionization by ultrafast laser pulses

T Severt, DR Daugaard, T Townsend, F Ziaee, K Borne… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We studied the fragmentation of planar formic acid (HCOOH) molecules following their
double ionization by intense ultrashort laser pulses. Deuterium tagging (ie, HCOOD) …