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Application of XUV and Soft-x-ray Attosecond Spectroscopies to Quantify Vibronic Couplings and Charge Dynamics

应用 XUV 和软 X 射线阿秒光谱量化电子振动耦合和电荷动力学

基本信息

批准号：
2207641
负责人：
Arvinder Sandhu
金额：
$ 39.86万
依托单位：
University of Arizona
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-07-15 至 2025-06-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2207641&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Application XUV Soft ray Attosecond

项目摘要

The primary quantum process behind many phenomena in our daily lives is the light-driven motion of electrons. Important examples of this include photosynthesis, vision, vitamin D synthesis from sunlight, DNA damage by UV light, and more. As a first step towards developing a better understanding of such phenomena, it is important investigate and harness the electronic motions inside atoms and simple molecules with light pulses. However, the electrons are extremely fast, and can move on the timescale of an attosecond – a billionth of a billionth of a second! To capture the images of what transpires in the quantum realm at such dizzying speeds, one needs to use a sophisticated camera alongside an extremely fast flash or strobe light. The PI’s team employs advanced technologies such as a charged particle velocity imaging detector, which serves the purpose of a camera film, and ultrafast laser pulses that play the role of a strobe light. The proposed research project will investigate how electronic charge gets distributed after excitation by light, and how the changes in atomic positions within a molecule impact this process. Graduate and undergraduate students working on this this project will develop an important scientific skillset and will be empowered to generate new ideas and devise applications of their research. This impact will multiply as they move to the next stage of their careers in universities, national labs, and tech companies, thus fostering scientific innovation and productivity in the society.Attosecond extreme ultraviolet and soft-x-ray spectroscopy techniques form a very powerful toolkit for fundamental, real-time investigations of electron dynamics. In the proposed work, the PI and graduate students will employ these approaches for time-resolved study of coherent electronic wavepacket motion. Specifically, they will investigate XUV induced Rydberg, ionic, and many-electron excitations in atoms and molecules. To quantify the vibronic couplings that mix electronic states due to nuclear motion, the research team will conduct pump-probe measurements near conical intersections in small molecules. They will also aim to perform elementally specific transient absorption studies to monitor the coherent evolution of charge in photoionized molecules. Results obtained here will guide the development of theoretical methods that can accurately model the light-matter interaction, and the coupled and correlated evolution of electron and nuclei. The spatio-temporal mapping of charge dynamics in complex systems will serve to establish attosecond science as a versatile spectroscopy technique. These objectives will be achieved while training the graduate and undergraduate students in the frontier fields of attosecond science, laser technologies, and optical and x-ray spectroscopies. The PI will also place an emphasis on the participation of students from minority and underrepresented groups. Annual outreach events will be used to engage and educate the community about the importance and impact of physics research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

我们日常生活中的许多现象背后的主要量子过程是光驱动的电子运动。这方面的重要例子包括光合作用、视力、从阳光中合成维生素D、紫外线对DNA的破坏等等。作为更好地理解这种现象的第一步，重要的是研究并利用光脉冲在原子和简单分子中的电子运动。然而，电子的速度非常快，可以在1阿秒的时间尺度上移动--十亿分之一秒！要以如此令人眼花缭乱的速度捕捉量子领域发生的事情的图像，人们需要在极快的闪光灯或闪光灯旁边使用一台复杂的相机。PI的团队使用了先进的技术，如用于摄像胶片目的的带电粒子速度成像探测器，以及扮演频闪灯角色的超快激光脉冲。这项拟议的研究项目将研究光激发后电子电荷如何分布，以及分子中原子位置的变化如何影响这一过程。致力于这个项目的研究生和本科生将发展一项重要的科学技能，并将被授权产生新的想法和设计他们的研究应用。随着他们在大学、国家实验室和科技公司进入职业生涯的下一个阶段，这种影响将成倍增加，从而促进社会的科学创新和生产力。在几秒钟内，极端紫外线和软X射线光谱技术形成了一个非常强大的工具包，用于基础的、实时的电子动力学研究。在拟议的工作中，PI和研究生将使用这些方法来研究相干电子波包运动的时间分辨。具体地说，他们将研究XUV在原子和分子中诱导的里德堡、离子和多电子激发。为了量化由于核运动而混合电子态的振动耦合，研究小组将在小分子的圆锥形交叉点附近进行泵浦-探测器测量。他们还将致力于进行元素特定的瞬时吸收研究，以监测光致电离分子中电荷的相干演化。所获得的结果将指导理论方法的发展，这些方法可以精确地模拟光-物质相互作用以及电子和原子核的耦合和关联演化。复杂系统中电荷动力学的时空映射将有助于建立阿秒科学作为一种通用的光谱技术。这些目标将在培训阿秒科学、激光技术以及光学和X射线光谱学前沿领域的研究生和本科生的同时实现。国际学生联合会还将强调少数群体和代表性不足群体的学生的参与。一年一度的外展活动将被用来参与和教育社区关于物理学研究的重要性和影响。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。