TY - CHAP

T1 - Mechanisms of exotic Raman scattering by molecular gases

AU - Kouzov, A.P.

AU - Chrysos, M.

AU - Egorova, N.I.

PY - 2017/8/20

Y1 - 2017/8/20

N2 - While parity-changing transitions, such as antisymmetric fundamentals in a molecule ha-ving inversion center,are strictly forbidden in conventional (E1-E1) Raman scattering, they become allowed when dipole magnetic(M1) or quadrupole electric (E2) couplings are involved between the molecule and one of the Raman photons.For more than a decade now, there exists a theory which allows one to calculate, on the basis of the generalizedlinear polarizability tensors A and G, the scattering cross sections of such “unconventional” E1-M1 and E1-E2Raman processes [1]. However, calculations now done for those processes in CO2, relying on available as wellas on preliminary quantum-chemically computed numerical data for the vibrational dependence of the tensorsfor the ν3 fundamental transition, suggest a Raman E1-E2/M1 cross section seven whole orders of magnitudeweaker than the cross section of a typical conventionally-allowed E1-E1 fundamental such as the ν1 transitionof CO2 [2]. If this is indeed the case, it leaves little hope for the observation of this effect even by using the mostsensitive diagnostic tool available ever. But recent theoretical treatments currently in progress in our group seemto suggest the occurrence of another type of scattering which comes to accompany the incoherent E1-E2/M1effect at the frequency of the ν3 vibration. Although in the new mechanism there is still an incident photon “1”which disappears and a scattered photon “2” which is born, unlike with standard Raman scattering there is nowalso a third (emitted) photon “3” thereby ensuring photon energy conservation, ω1 = ω2 + ω3, and causing acoherent response [3] (referred to hereafter as E1-E2/M1-E1 scattering) from the molecular ensemble. And forthis reason one can readily expect this response to be far more enhanced by the resonance of ω3 with an infrareddipole-allowed transition than the response of E1-E2/M1 which is both off-resonant and incoherent. Clearly, theinvolvement of the photon “3” is instrumental when it is about comparing scattering amplitudes for E1-E2/M1alone and E1-E2/M1-E1 although its presence should remain ghostly because the infrared photons cannot bedetected with a visible-range Raman experiment. Investigations currently underway in our groups indicate anintegrated intensity for the three-photon scattering which by far exceeds that of the incoherent (two-photon) E1-E2/M1 Raman scattering even under the most unfavorable conditions, namely, broken phase-matching. Agratifying agreement with preliminary experiments conducted in Angers with room-temperature CO2 gas in theregion of the ν3 fundamental was found [4].The Russian co-authors thank RFBR (grant 03-15-04997) for financial support.References:[1] N. Egorova, A. Kouzov, M. Chrysos, and F. Rachet, J. Raman Spectrosc. 36, 153 (2005).[2] A. Haskopoulos and G. Maroulis, Chem. Phys. Lett. 417, 235 (2006); Chrysos et al (unpublished).[3] D.N. Klyshko, Photons and Nonlinear Optics (Gordon and Breach, NY, 1988).[4] N. Egorova et al (unpublished)

AB - While parity-changing transitions, such as antisymmetric fundamentals in a molecule ha-ving inversion center,are strictly forbidden in conventional (E1-E1) Raman scattering, they become allowed when dipole magnetic(M1) or quadrupole electric (E2) couplings are involved between the molecule and one of the Raman photons.For more than a decade now, there exists a theory which allows one to calculate, on the basis of the generalizedlinear polarizability tensors A and G, the scattering cross sections of such “unconventional” E1-M1 and E1-E2Raman processes [1]. However, calculations now done for those processes in CO2, relying on available as wellas on preliminary quantum-chemically computed numerical data for the vibrational dependence of the tensorsfor the ν3 fundamental transition, suggest a Raman E1-E2/M1 cross section seven whole orders of magnitudeweaker than the cross section of a typical conventionally-allowed E1-E1 fundamental such as the ν1 transitionof CO2 [2]. If this is indeed the case, it leaves little hope for the observation of this effect even by using the mostsensitive diagnostic tool available ever. But recent theoretical treatments currently in progress in our group seemto suggest the occurrence of another type of scattering which comes to accompany the incoherent E1-E2/M1effect at the frequency of the ν3 vibration. Although in the new mechanism there is still an incident photon “1”which disappears and a scattered photon “2” which is born, unlike with standard Raman scattering there is nowalso a third (emitted) photon “3” thereby ensuring photon energy conservation, ω1 = ω2 + ω3, and causing acoherent response [3] (referred to hereafter as E1-E2/M1-E1 scattering) from the molecular ensemble. And forthis reason one can readily expect this response to be far more enhanced by the resonance of ω3 with an infrareddipole-allowed transition than the response of E1-E2/M1 which is both off-resonant and incoherent. Clearly, theinvolvement of the photon “3” is instrumental when it is about comparing scattering amplitudes for E1-E2/M1alone and E1-E2/M1-E1 although its presence should remain ghostly because the infrared photons cannot bedetected with a visible-range Raman experiment. Investigations currently underway in our groups indicate anintegrated intensity for the three-photon scattering which by far exceeds that of the incoherent (two-photon) E1-E2/M1 Raman scattering even under the most unfavorable conditions, namely, broken phase-matching. Agratifying agreement with preliminary experiments conducted in Angers with room-temperature CO2 gas in theregion of the ν3 fundamental was found [4].The Russian co-authors thank RFBR (grant 03-15-04997) for financial support.References:[1] N. Egorova, A. Kouzov, M. Chrysos, and F. Rachet, J. Raman Spectrosc. 36, 153 (2005).[2] A. Haskopoulos and G. Maroulis, Chem. Phys. Lett. 417, 235 (2006); Chrysos et al (unpublished).[3] D.N. Klyshko, Photons and Nonlinear Optics (Gordon and Breach, NY, 1988).[4] N. Egorova et al (unpublished)

M3 - Conference abstracts

SP - 141

BT - The 25th Colloquium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (HRMS 2017). August 20 - 25 2017. Helsinki. Finland.

Y2 - 20 August 2017 through 25 August 2017

ER -