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Picosecond phase relaxation of the fundamental vibrational mode of liquid nitrogen

Alfred Laubereau
- 15 Aug 1974 - 
- Vol. 27, Iss: 4, pp 600-602
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In this paper, the phase relaxation of the normal vibrational mode was investigated using single picosecond pulses, and a dephasing time of 75 ± 8 psec was measured in good agreement with spontaneous linewidth data.
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This article is published in Chemical Physics Letters.The article was published on 1974-08-15. It has received 91 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Picosecond & Dephasing.

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Vibrational dynamics of liquids and solids investigated by picosecond light pulses

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed theoretical treatment of different excitation and probing processes are outlined and a variety of results are presented and discussed, including the population lifetime of known vibrational modes and evidence for inter-and intra-molecular interactions.
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On vibrational relaxation in liquids

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between vibrational population relaxation, loss of phase coherence, and the homogeneously broadened spontaneous polarized Raman linewidth is discussed, and a general equation relating there quantities is derived.
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Dephasing processes of molecular vibrations in liquids

TL;DR: In this article, a model based on semiclassical collision theory is presented to describe the dephasing of vibrationally excited molecules in a liquid, and it is shown that fluctuations of the vibrational frequencies which are caused by the intermolecular interaction, lead to phase relaxation of a coherently excited state.
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A molecular dynamics simulation of dephasing in liquid nitrogen

TL;DR: In this article, the dephasing of molecular vibrations in liquids is related to certain correlation functions involving only the translational and rotational degrees of freedom; these correlation functions are then determined through a classical molecular dynamics simulation of rigid, nonvibrating molecules.
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Analysis of Orientational Broadening of Raman Line Shapes

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic investigation of orientational broadening of Raman vibrational lines is undertaken and measurements of line shapes are made for 19 liquids and a method of analysis is presented.
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Direct Measurement of the Vibrational Lifetimes of Molecules in Liquids

TL;DR: In this article, a normal molecular vibration is strongly excited by a picosecond light pulse and the rise and decay of the excess population of the first excited vibrational state (electronic ground state) is observed with a delayed probe pulse.
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Relations between Raman Spectroscopy and Nuclear Spin Relaxation

TL;DR: Raman spectra and nuclear spin relaxation experiments are both affected by molecular rotation, and the information about molecular reorientation furnished by these experiments is related under certain assumptions, most important of which are the following: (1) the substance is a molecular liquid or gas, and (2) the molecules have either linear, symmetric top, or spherical top symmetry as discussed by the authors.
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Vibrational Energy Transfer in Molecular Collisions Involving Large Transition Probabilities

TL;DR: In this article, the Schrodinger equation is solved based on a semiclassical collision subject to an assumed form of potential, to get exact transition probabilities in a molecular collision at low velocities.
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Resonant and Near‐Resonant Vibrational—Vibrational Energy Transfer between Molecules in Collisions

TL;DR: In this article, a semiclassical calculation of the probabilities of resonant and near-resonant vibrational energy interchange in molecular collisions is performed by means of a collision model similar to that used in vibrational transfer.
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