NON-MARKOVIAN DEPHASING OF MOLECULES IN SOLUTION MEASURED WITH 3-PULSE FEMTOSECOND PHOTON-ECHOES

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BIGOT, JY [1 ]
PORTELLA, MT [1 ]
SCHOENLEIN, RW [1 ]
BARDEEN, CJ [1 ]
MIGUS, A [1 ]
SHANK, CV [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,ECOLE NORMALE SUPER TECH AVANCEES,OPT APPL LAB,F-91120 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1138
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O4 [物理学];
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The electronic dephasing of large molecules in solution is investigated with three-pulse photon echoes generated by 6-fs optical pulses. The observed dephasing behavior, which is analyzed with a model based on a stochastic coupling of the molecules with their heat bath, is clearly shown to be non-Markovian. Moreover, the correlation function of the fluctuations asymptotically approaches an exponential with characteristic times varying from 20 to 80 fs, depending on the solvent environment.
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