Vibrationally induced inversion of photoelectron forward-backward asymmetry in chiral molecule photoionization by circularly polarized light

Gustavo A. Garcia, Laurent Nahon (), Steven Daly and Ivan Powis
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Gustavo A. Garcia: Synchrotron SOLEIL, l′Orme des Merisiers
Laurent Nahon: Synchrotron SOLEIL, l′Orme des Merisiers
Steven Daly: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Ivan Powis: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Electron–nuclei coupling accompanying excitation and relaxation processes is a fascinating phenomenon in molecular dynamics. A striking and unexpected example of such coupling is presented here in the context of photoelectron circular dichroism measurements on randomly oriented, chiral methyloxirane molecules, unaffected by any continuum resonance. Here, we report that the forward-backward asymmetry in the electron angular distribution, with respect to the photon axis, which is associated with photoelectron circular dichroism can surprisingly reverse direction according to the ion vibrational mode excited. This vibrational dependence represents a clear breakdown of the usual Franck–Condon assumption, ascribed to the enhanced sensitivity of photoelectron circular dichroism (compared with other observables like cross-sections or the conventional anisotropy parameter-β) to the scattering phase off the chiral molecular potential, inducing a dependence on the nuclear geometry sampled in the photoionization process. Important consequences for the interpretation of such dichroism measurements within analytical contexts are discussed.

Date: 2013
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