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Published 1978 | public
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Molecular Mechanisms for Dephasing: Toward a Unified Treatment of Gases, Solids and Liquids

Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with the role of dephasing (optical T_1 and T_2) in various molecular relaxation processes. Specifically, we are asking the following questions: (1) What is the relationship between the lineshape function and the dephasing time? (2) What are the different processes that contribute to the overall dephasing rate? (3) Are the approximations made in describing dephasing in solids and liquids reasonable ? (4) Can we use a unified theoretical approach to describe dephasing in gases, solids, and liquids?

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© 1978 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. This work was supported in part by a grant from NSF to A. H. Zewail and D. J. Diestler. Acknowledgment is also made to the donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by ACS, for partial support of this research (AHZ).

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