title: Time domain investigation on vibrational dephasing and spectral diffusion in CO-doped solid N2
abstract: Infrared picosecond accumulated photon echo experiments have been performed for the first time, using the Orsay Free Electron Laser, on the v = 0-->v = 1 transition of CO in solid nitrogen. The vibrational dephasing time is found to be exceptionally long ( T2>/=120 ns) at low temperature. The analysis of the observed spectral diffusion leads one to assume different energy transfer mechanisms depending on the CO concentration.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Photophysique Moleculaire du CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, Batiment 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crepin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broquier
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dubost
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Galaup
authors.lastname: Le Gouet JL
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ortega