Issue 14, 2020

High-resolution resonance-enhanced multiphoton photoelectron circular dichroism

Abstract

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) is a highly sensitive enantiospecific spectroscopy for studying chiral molecules in the gas phase using either single-photon ionization or multiphoton ionization. In the short pulse limit investigated with femtosecond lasers, resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) is rather instantaneous and typically occurs simultaneously via more than one vibrational or electronic intermediate state due to limited frequency resolution. In contrast, vibrational resolution in the REMPI spectrum can be achieved using nanosecond lasers. In this work, we follow the high-resolution approach using a tunable narrow-band nanosecond laser to measure REMPI-PECD through distinct vibrational levels in the intermediate 3s and 3p Rydberg states of fenchone. We observe the PECD to be essentially independent of the vibrational level. This behaviour of the chiral sensitivity may pave the way for enantiomer specific molecular identification in multi-component mixtures: one can specifically excite a sharp, vibrationally resolved transition of a distinct molecule to distinguish different chiral species in mixtures.

Graphical abstract: High-resolution resonance-enhanced multiphoton photoelectron circular dichroism

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jan 2020
Accepted
15 Mar 2020
First published
16 Mar 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020,22, 7404-7411

High-resolution resonance-enhanced multiphoton photoelectron circular dichroism

A. Kastner, G. Koumarianou, P. Glodic, P. C. Samartzis, N. Ladda, S. T. Ranecky, T. Ring, S. Vasudevan, C. Witte, H. Braun, H. Lee, A. Senftleben, R. Berger, G. B. Park, T. Schäfer and T. Baumert, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 7404 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP00470G

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