Published December 1, 1976
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Journal Article
Incoherent resonance decay and coherent optical ringing from coherently prepared electronic states: a new technique for probing phase memory and radiationless relaxation in gases and solids
- Creators
- Zewail, A. H.
- Orlowski, T. E.
- Dawson, D. R.
Abstract
A new technique is developed for measuring the incoherent resonance decay (IRD) and the coherent optical ringing of selectively (±3 MHz) prepared electronic states in solids and gases. The method utilizes electro-optic switching of a single laser mode that is on or off resonance with respect to the homogeneous molecular packets in the excited ensemble. The technique was applied to a variety of systems to give information about their phase memory (optical T_2 processes), radiative and radiationless decay (optical T_1 processes), and to measure directly their optical transition moment between the ground state and the prepared electronic state.
Additional Information
© 1976 Elsevier B.V. Received 20 August 1976. This work was supported in part by the Sloan Fund. One of us (AHZ) would like to thank Kevin Jones for fruitful discussions. The help of Duane Smith and Roy Mead is greatly appreciated. We would like to acknowledge the partial support of the NSF under grant number MPS 73-04613.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 70611
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20160927-112619842
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- MPS 73-04613
- NSF
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- Other Numbering System Name
- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 5413