TY  - JOUR
A1  - Horsch, Philipp
A1  - Urbasch, Gunter
A1  - Weitzel, Karl-Michael
A1  - Kroener, Dominik
T1  - Circular dichroism in ion yields employing femtosecond laser ionization-the role of laser pulse duration
T2  - Physical chemistry, chemical physics : a journal of European Chemical Societies
N2  - The circular dichroism (CD) induced by femtosecond laser pulse excitation of 3-methylcyclopentanone has been investigated by means of experiment and theory as a function of the laser pulse duration. In the experiment the CD in ion yields is measured by femtosecond laser ionization via a one-photon resonant excited state. In the theoretical part the CD is calculated by solving laser driven quantum electron dynamics for the same resonant excitation based on ab initio electronic structure calculations employing a complete description of the electric field-electric dipole and magnetic field-magnetic dipole interactions. Both the experimentally measured CD in ion yields and the calculated CD in excited state populations exhibit a marked increase of the CD for pulse duration increasing from 50 fs to about 200 fs. Beyond 200 fs pulse duration the CD levels off. The combination of experimental and theoretical evidences indicates that the CD decreases with increasing laser intensity connected to the increased coupling between the excited states.
Y1  - 2011
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/37224
SN  - 1463-9076
VL  - 13
IS  - 6
SP  - 2378
EP  - 2386
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  -