Abstract
Laser driven S– \(\text{CH}_3\) photodissociation dynamics of thioanisole is investigated by a time-dependent wave packet method within the mathematical framework of optimal control theory. The required potential energy surfaces are calculated ab initio and analytically represented. The parameters of the optimal laser pulse are calculated by the genetic algorithm. From the dynamical results it is clear that the light-induced conical intersections that are developed due to laser-molecule interactions drives the photodissociation dynamics to the asymptotic channels in the considered theoretical model. In this article, one-dimensional potential energy curves for three low lying electronic states are considered to describe the S– \(\text{CH}_3\) dissociation of thioanisole molecule which is a prototype work to revisit the theoretical calculation of life-time of \(\pi \pi\) * state using a 17-mode Hamiltonian.
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