Abstract
Water reorientation was recently suggested via simulations to proceed through large angular jumps, but direct experimental evidence has so far remained elusive. Here we show that both infrared pump−probe and photon echo spectroscopies can provide such evidence through the measurement of the two-dimensional anisotropy decay. We calculate these two-dimensional anisotropies from simulations and show they can be interpreted as a vibrational frequency-resolved orientation time-correlation function. We develop a frequency-dependent extended jump model to predict the nature of the angular jump signature in these anisotropies. This model provides a rigorous and unambiguous connection between ultrafast infrared experimental results and the presence of angular jumps in bulk water, and calls for new experiments.
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