Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 133003 (2008) [4 pages]

Linear Dichroism in Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering to Molecular Spin-Orbit States

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R. Guillemin^1,2, S. Carniato^1,2, W. C. Stolte^3,4, L. Journel^1,2, R. Taïeb^1,2, D. W. Lindle³, and M. Simon^1,2
¹UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France
²CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France
³Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4003, USA
⁴Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Received 28 March 2008; published 25 September 2008

Polarization-dependent resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) is shown to be a new probe of molecular-field effects on the electronic structure of isolated molecules. A combined experimental and theoretical analysis explains the linear dichroism observed in Cl 2p RIXS following Cl 1s excitation in HCl and CF₃Cl as due to molecular-field effects, including singlet-triplet exchange, indicating polarized-RIXS provides a direct probe of spin-orbit-state populations applicable to any molecule.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.133003

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.133003

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33.80.Eh, 33.70.Ca, 34.50.Gb

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 133003 (2008) [4 pages]

Linear Dichroism in Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering to Molecular Spin-Orbit States