Ultrafast Evaluation of Two-Photon Absorption with Simplified Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

de Wergifosse, Marc;Beaujean, Pierre;Grimme, Stefan
(2022) The Journal of Physical Chemistry A — Vol. 126, n° 41, p. 7534-7547 (2022)

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  • de Wergifosse, Marcorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Beaujean, Pierreorcid-logoLaboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Unit of Theoretical and Structural Physical Chemistry, Namur Institute of Structured Matter, University of Namur, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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  • Grimme, Stefanorcid-logoMulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie der Universität Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany;
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This work presents the theoretical background to evaluate two-photon absorption (2PA) cross-sections in the framework of simplified time-dependent density functional theory (sTD-DFT). Our new implementation allows the ultrafast evaluation of 2PA cross-sections for large molecules based on a regular DFT ground-state determinant as well as a variant employing our tight-binding sTD-DFT-xTX flavor for very large systems. The method is benchmarked against higher-level calculations for trans-stilbene and typical fluorescent protein chromophores. For eGFP, a quadrupolar chromophore and its branched version, the flavine mono-nucleotide, and the iLOV protein, we compare sTD-DFT 2PA spectra to experimental ones. This includes extension and testing of our all-atom quantum chemistry methodology for the evaluation of 2PA for a system of ∼2000 atoms, providing striking agreement with the experimental spectrum.
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de Wergifosse, M., Beaujean, P., & Grimme, S. (2022). Ultrafast Evaluation of Two-Photon Absorption with Simplified Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 126(41), 7534-7547. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02395 (Original work published 2022)