Abstract
The CH3I structural deformation induced by strong laser fields is revealed by time- and frequency-resolved ro-vibrational spectra. The experimental results show that the CH3I molecule undergoes ultrafast structural deformation of CH3 "umbrella-closing" induced by the strong fs laser field (more than 1011 W/cm2) and followed by a structural relaxation of "umbrella-opening" within an exponential decay time scale of ∼620 fs. This study provides a first glimpse of the immense potential of the time- and frequency-resolved vibrational spectra in studying molecular deformation dynamics.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 051101 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 143 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 7 Aug 2015 |
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