Vibronic dephasing of anharmonic molecules. I. Theory and its application to the separability of intra- and intermolecular processes
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- Diestler, D. J.
- Zewail, A. H.
Abstract
A quantum‐mechanical theory of vibronic dephasing of impurity molecules in condensed media is presented. An expression for the dephasing time is derived that exhibits explicit dependences upon microscopic properties of both impurity and medium. The expression, which contains the temperature dependence and the cross section for dephasing, is used to predict qualitatively and semiquantitatively some features of vibronic spectral lines in solids. Of particular interest are systems in which the influence of intramolecular properties (of the impurity) upon dephasing is separable from that of intermolecular properties (of the medium). The distinction between vibrational and purely electronic effects on vibronic dephasing is also emphasized.
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© 1979 American Institute of Physics. Received 21 December 1978; accepted 28 June 1979. We are grateful to the National Science Foundation for support of the work reported here. We are also indebted to Professor David W. Oxtoby for helpful criticism and suggestions. Contribution No. 5945.Attached Files
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- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
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- 5945