Explicit environmental and vibronic effects in simulations of linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy
- 24 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 154 (8), 084116
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038196
Abstract
Accurately simulating the linear and nonlinear electronic spectra of condensed phase systems and accounting for all physical phenomena contributing to spectral line shapes presents a significant challenge. Vibronic transitions can be captured through a harmonic model generated from the normal modes of a chromophore, but it is challenging to also include the effects of specific chromophore–environment interactions within such a model. We work to overcome this limitation by combining approaches to account for both explicit environment interactions and vibronic couplings for simulating both linear and nonlinear optical spectra. We present and show results for three approaches of varying computational cost for combining ensemble sampling of chromophore–environment configurations with Franck–Condon line shapes for simulating linear spectra. We present two analogous approaches for nonlinear spectra. Simulated absorption spectra and two-dimensional electronic spectra (2DES) are presented for the Nile red chromophore in different solvent environments. Employing an average Franck–Condon or 2DES line shape appears to be a promising method for simulating linear and nonlinear spectroscopy for a chromophore in the condensed phase.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-SC0020203)
- National Science Foundation (CHE-1955656)
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