Quantum Control of Atom-Ion Charge Exchange via Light-induced Conical Intersections

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.07571v2
• Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:02:07 GMT
• Title: Quantum Control of Atom-Ion Charge Exchange via Light-induced Conical Intersections
• Authors: Hui Li and Ming Li and Alexander Petrov and Eite Tiesinga and Svetlana Kotochigova
• Abstract summary: Conical intersections are crossing points or lines between two or more adiabatic electronic potential energy surfaces. We predict significant or measurable non-adiabatic effects in an ultracold atom-ion charge-exchange reaction. In the laser frequency window, where conical interactions are present, the difference in rate coefficients can be as large as $10-9$ cm$3$/s.
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• Abstract: Conical intersections are crossing points or lines between two or more adiabatic electronic potential energy surfaces in the multi-dimensional coordinate space of colliding atoms and molecules. Conical intersections and corresponding non-adiabatic coupling can greatly affect molecular dynamics and chemical properties. In this paper, we predict significant or measurable non-adiabatic effects in an ultracold atom-ion charge-exchange reaction in the presence of laser-induced conical intersections (LICIs). We investigate the fundamental physics of these LICIs on molecular reactivity under unique conditions: those of relatively low laser intensity of $10^8$ W/cm$^2$ and ultracold temperatures below 1 mK. We predict irregular interference effects in the charge-exchange rate coefficients between K and Ca$^+$ as functions of laser frequency. These irregularities occur in our system due to the presence of two LICIs. To further elucidate the role of the LICIs on the reaction dynamics, we compare these rate coefficients with those computed for a system where the CIs have been ``removed''. In the laser frequency window, where conical interactions are present, the difference in rate coefficients can be as large as $10^{-9}$ cm$^3$/s.

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