2D-Raman-THz spectroscopy of liquid water, which has been presented recently [J. Savolainen et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 110, 20402 (2013)], directly probes the intermolecular degrees of freedom of the hydrogen-bond network. However, being a relatively new technique, its information content is not fully explored to date. While the spectroscopic signal can be simulated based on molecular dynamics simulation in connection with a water force field, it is difficult to relate spectroscopic signatures to the underlying microscopic features of the force field. Here, a completely different approach is taken that starts from an as simple as possible model, i.e., a single vibrational mode with electrical and mechanical anharmonicity augmented with homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening. An intuitive Feynman diagram picture is developed for all possible pulse sequences of hybrid 2D-Raman-THz spectroscopy. It is shown that the model can explain the experimental data essentially quantitatively with a very small set of parameters, and it is tentatively concluded that the experimental signal originates from the hydrogen-bond stretching vibration around 170 cm−1. Furthermore, the echo observed in the experimental data can be quantified by fitting the model. A dominant fraction of its linewidth is attributed to quasi-inhomogeneous broadening in the slow-modulation limit with a correlation time of 370 fs, reflecting the lifetime of the hydrogen-bond networks giving rise to the absorption band.
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28 January 2019
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January 29 2019
Feynman diagram description of 2D-Raman-THz spectroscopy applied to water

David Sidler;
David Sidler
Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich
, Zurich, Switzerland
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Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm
Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich
, Zurich, Switzerland
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J. Chem. Phys. 150, 044202 (2019)
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Received:
October 31 2018
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December 18 2018
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David Sidler, Peter Hamm; Feynman diagram description of 2D-Raman-THz spectroscopy applied to water. J. Chem. Phys. 28 January 2019; 150 (4): 044202. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5079497
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