Volume 228, 2021

Time-resolved imaging of correlation-driven charge migration in light-induced molecular magnets by X-ray scattering

Abstract

In this contribution, we investigate the effect of correlation-induced charge migration on the stability of light-induced ring currents, with potential application as molecular magnets. Laser-driven electron dynamics is simulated using density-matrix based time-dependent configuration interaction. The time-dependent many-electron wave packet is used to reconstruct the transient electronic current flux density after excitation of different target states. These reveal ultrafast correlation-driven fluctuations of the charge migration over the molecular scaffold, sometimes leading to large variations of the induced magnetic field. The effect of electron correlation and non-local pure dephasing on the charge migration pattern is further investigated by means of time-resolved X-ray scattering, providing a connection between theoretical predictions of the charge migration mechanism and experimental observables.

Graphical abstract: Time-resolved imaging of correlation-driven charge migration in light-induced molecular magnets by X-ray scattering

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 10 2020
Accepted
11 12 2020
First published
11 12 2020

Faraday Discuss., 2021,228, 82-103

Time-resolved imaging of correlation-driven charge migration in light-induced molecular magnets by X-ray scattering

J. C. Tremblay, V. Pohl, G. Hermann and G. Dixit, Faraday Discuss., 2021, 228, 82 DOI: 10.1039/D0FD00116C

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