arXiv · 1504.07462
Orientation Dynamics of Asymmetric Rotors Using Random Phase Wave Functions
Abstract
Intense terahertz-frequency pulses induce coherent rotational dynamics and orientation of polar molecular ensembles. Exact numerical methods for rotational dynamics are computationally not feasible for the vast majority of molecular rotors - the asymmetric top molecules at ambient temperatures. We exemplify the use of Random Phase Wave Functions (RPWF) by calculating the terahertz-induced rotational dynamics of sulfur dioxide (SO2) at ambient temperatures and high field strengths and show that the RPWF method gains efficiency with the increase in temperature and in the THz-field strengths. The presented method provides wide-ranging computational access to rotational dynamical responses of molecules at experimental conditions which are far beyond the reach of exact numerical methods.
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Shimshon Kallush, Sharly Fleischer. 2015-04-28. Orientation Dynamics of Asymmetric Rotors Using Random Phase Wave Functions. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.92.049901
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