Abstract
Control of π-electrons in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is one of the fundamental issues in optoelectronics for ultrafast optical switching devices. We have proposed an effective scenario for design of the generation of coherent ring currents in naphthalene (D2h), which is the smallest unit of planar PAHs. It has been demonstrated by using quantum chemical calculations and quantum optimal control (QOC) simulations that two types of ring currents, parallel and antiparallel, can be generated by resonance excitations by two linearly polarized lasers. A parallel (antiparallel) ring current means that the currents of two benzene rings run in the same (opposite) directions. The two types of ring currents may be experimentally identified by magnetic force microscopy. The QOC simulations indicate that a parallel ring current can be generated by using continuous wave and Gaussian pulse lasers with their time delay without relying on a sophisticated experimental apparatus. The present results provide a guiding principle of coherent π-electronics in PAHs for next-generation organic optical switching devices.
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