For comparison purposes, I wanted to get a list of all the currently-available experimental techniques that can be used to probe physical systems that have all the following characteristics:
1. Probes gas phase molecules, either chiral (e.g. epoxypropane) or achiral
2. Can induce ultrafast electron density rearrangement (i.e. on timescales where atomic nuclei are effectively motionless) using linearly- or circularly-polarized laser pulses to induce excited states.
3. Yields results interpretable in 'real-space' as opposed to reciprocal or momentum space
4. Allows for selective orientation of probed molecules
Can anyone knowledgable in experimental techniques make suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Steven,
I suggest you look into the second-order nonlinear spectroscopic technique(s) as it checks out for most of your requirements.
Textbooks from R. Boyd and Y. R. Shen on Nonlinear Optics are some good places to start.
Let me know if you have any questions :)
Best,
Faizan.
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