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Title: Ultrafast Vibrational Dephasing of Liquid Water

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

We present the first infrared photon echo study of liquid water. For the O-H stretch vibration of HDO in D{sub 2}O , femtosecond four-wave mixing experiments reveal an extraordinary short pure dephasing time T{sup *}{sub 2} on the order of 90fs. This unusually fast time scale of dephasing is rationalized by taking into account the large anharmonicity of the hydrogen bonded O-H stretching mode.

Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
OSTI ID:
40277029
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 87, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.027401; Othernumber: PRLTAO000087000002027401000001; 054127PRL; PBD: 9 Jul 2001; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
The American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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