Monitoring the Birth of an Electronic Wavepacket in a Neutral Molecule with Attosecond Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates through numerical simulations that attosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy can observe the real-time formation and evolution of electronic wavepackets in neutral molecules following UV excitation within a few femtoseconds.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of attosecond spectroscopy to directly monitor electronic wavepacket dynamics in molecules in real time.

Findings

Attosecond spectroscopy can capture electronic wavepacket formation.

Simulations validate the method's potential for real-time observation.

The approach enables detailed study of ultrafast electronic processes.

Abstract

Numerical simulations are presented to validate the possible use of cutting-edge attosecond time- resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to observe in real time the creation of an electronic wavepacket and subsequent electronic motion in a neutral molecule photoexcited by a UV pump pulse within a few femtoseconds.