ULTRAFAST RELAXATION AND MODULATION IN THE OXAZINE DYE NILE BLUE

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作者
MOSHARY, F [1 ]
AREND, M [1 ]
FRIEDBERG, R [1 ]
HARTMANN, SR [1 ]
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 46卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.46.R33
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Time-delayed four-wave mixing, using incoherent laser pulses 5 ns long and 350 angstrom wide, has been used to measure the optical phase relaxation of a large molecule (nile blue) in solution at 300 and 4.5 K. In the latter case an asymmetric response as well as a quantum beat (signaling a vibronic mode at 583 cm-1) is observed. Its magnitude and shape gives its electron-vibron coupling factor S = 0.79 together with the homogeneous relaxation time T2 = 43.7 fs and the inhomogeneous relaxation time T2* = 13.3 fs (full width of 940 cm-1). Supporting evidence for the large value of S is presented.
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页码:R33 / R36
页数:4
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