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Periodic Electron Circulation Induced by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulses: Quantum Model Simulations for Mg Porphyrin
Author(s) -
Barth Ingo,
Manz Jörn
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200504147
Subject(s) - electron , femtosecond , laser , physics , porphyrin , quantum , atomic physics , molecular physics , optics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , photochemistry
What goes round comes round! Quantum dynamical simulations predict that ultrashort circularly polarized laser pulses can selectively induce the circulation of electrons in a ring‐shaped molecule—with near equal laser and electron periods below one femtosecond (see figure).