Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential

We present a general mathematical procedure to handle interactions described by a Morse potential in the presence of a strong harmonic excitation. We account for permanent and field-induced terms and their gradients in the dipole moment function, and we derive analytic formulae for the bond-length c...

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Main Authors: Sándor Varró, Szabolcs Hack, Gábor Paragi, Péter Földi, Imre F Barna, Attila Czirják
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Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acde9e
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Szabolcs Hack
Gábor Paragi
Péter Földi
Imre F Barna
Attila Czirják
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Gábor Paragi
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description We present a general mathematical procedure to handle interactions described by a Morse potential in the presence of a strong harmonic excitation. We account for permanent and field-induced terms and their gradients in the dipole moment function, and we derive analytic formulae for the bond-length change and for the shifted energy eigenvalues of the vibrations, by using the Kramers–Henneberger frame. We apply these results to the important cases of H _2 and LiH, driven by a near- or mid-infrared laser in the 10 ^13  W cm ^−2 intensity range.
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spelling doaj.art-6eb8472a215f44738166046b25e78fe32023-08-09T14:16:32ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302023-01-0125707300110.1088/1367-2630/acde9eDiatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potentialSándor Varró0Szabolcs Hack1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0313-8841Gábor Paragi2Péter Földi3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-3532Imre F Barna4Attila Czirják5ELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd , Wolfgang Sandner utca 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary; Wigner Research Centre for Physics , Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29 - 33, H-1121 Budapest, HungaryELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd , Wolfgang Sandner utca 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary; Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Szeged , Tisza L. krt. 84 - 86, H-6720 Szeged, HungaryDepartment of Theoretical Physics, University of Szeged , Tisza L. krt. 84 - 86, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary; Institute of Physics, University of Pécs , Ifjúság útja 6, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary; Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged , Dóm Square 8, H-6720 Szeged, HungaryELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd , Wolfgang Sandner utca 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary; Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Szeged , Tisza L. krt. 84 - 86, H-6720 Szeged, HungaryWigner Research Centre for Physics , Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29 - 33, H-1121 Budapest, HungaryELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd , Wolfgang Sandner utca 3., Szeged H-6728, Hungary; Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Szeged , Tisza L. krt. 84 - 86, H-6720 Szeged, HungaryWe present a general mathematical procedure to handle interactions described by a Morse potential in the presence of a strong harmonic excitation. We account for permanent and field-induced terms and their gradients in the dipole moment function, and we derive analytic formulae for the bond-length change and for the shifted energy eigenvalues of the vibrations, by using the Kramers–Henneberger frame. We apply these results to the important cases of H _2 and LiH, driven by a near- or mid-infrared laser in the 10 ^13  W cm ^−2 intensity range.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acde9emolecular vibrationsoff-resonant excitationstrong-field phenomenaKramers–Henneberger framebond softening
spellingShingle Sándor Varró
Szabolcs Hack
Gábor Paragi
Péter Földi
Imre F Barna
Attila Czirják
Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential
New Journal of Physics
molecular vibrations
off-resonant excitation
strong-field phenomena
Kramers–Henneberger frame
bond softening
title Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential
title_full Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential
title_fullStr Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential
title_full_unstemmed Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential
title_short Diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field: level-shifts and bond-length change due to laser-dressed Morse potential
title_sort diatomic molecule in a strong infrared laser field level shifts and bond length change due to laser dressed morse potential
topic molecular vibrations
off-resonant excitation
strong-field phenomena
Kramers–Henneberger frame
bond softening
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acde9e
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