Abstract
With the method of self-diffraction of incoherent light, molecular vibrations were observed in real time in various dye molecules pumped near the absorption edge. In Rhodamine 560, 35-fsec oscillations in the signal were measured, which corresponds to a vibrational frequency of 1000 cm−1. Simultaneously, this technique can be used to deduce the ultrafast dephasing times in the molecular vibrational quasi-continuum. Dephasing times of 20 and 150 fsec were observed in Rhodamine 590 and Rhodamine 560, respectively.
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