Influence of Intense THz Radiation on Spin State of Photoswitchable Compound Cu(hfac)2LPr

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• 作者：Sergey L. Veber ; Matvey V. Fedin ; Ksenia Yu. Maryunina ; Kirill N. Boldyrev ; Mikhail A. Sheglov ; Vitaly V. Kubarev ; Oleg A. Shevchenko ; Nikolay A. Vinokurov ; Gennady N. Kulipanov ; Renad Z. Sagdeev ; Victor I. Ovcharenko ; Elena G. Bagryanskaya
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：February 21, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：117
• 期：7
• 页码：1483-1491
• 全文大小：414K
• 年卷期：v.117,no.7(February 21, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5215

文摘

The family of magnetoactive compounds Cu(hfac)₂L^R exhibits thermo- and photoswitching phenomena promising for various applications. Photoswitching of the Cu(hfac)₂L^Pr compound can be observed at temperatures below 20 K and is accompanied by transition to metastable structural state. Reverse conversion to stable structure could not be induced by light of near-IR鈥搗is鈥揢V regions up to date. The far-IR spectra of metastable and stable structural states are different and show characteristic absorption lines in the range of 170鈥?40 cm^鈥?. These frequencies are accessible by NovoFEL 鈥?high-power THz free-electron laser user facility in Novosibirsk. We investigate selective influence of THz radiation on relaxation processes from metastable to stable structural state, which can be monitored by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). For this purpose, the experimental station based on X-band EPR spectrometer has been constructed by the THz beamline of NovoFEL and equipped with multimodal THz waveguide allowing to fed radiation directly into the EPR resonator. It has been found that irradiation of studied compound with high-power THz light causes significant but nondestructive increase of its temperature. Apart from this effect, no resonant influence of THz irradiation on relaxation processes has been observed. The experimental results have been rationalized taking into account vibrational relaxation times of the studied compound. Further experiments based on pulse heating by THz radiation have been proposed.