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Published August 15, 1977 | public
Journal Article

Optical dephasing of small and large molecules: coherent oscillations of emitting molecules

Abstract

We describe the conditions under which large and small molecules may undergo optical dephasing. The relationship between the coherent preparation of excited states and the intramolecular and intermolecular processes are discussed and related to the recent measurements of optical T_1 and T_2. Finally, we report on the observation of a coherent (oscillatory) transient on the spontaneous emission of iodine gas.

Additional Information

© 1977 Elsevier B.V. Received 9 May 1977. Acknowledgement is made to the donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the ACS, for partial support of this research. This work was also supported in part by the Research Corporation. We would like to thank J. Jortner for the critical reading of the manuscript and for very stimulating discussions.

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