III-C-1 Ultrafast Optical Kerr Effect and Solvation Dynamics of Liquid Aniline

Neil A. SMITH (Univ. East Anglia), Shujie LIN (Univ. East Anglia), Stephen R. MEECH (Univ. East Anglia) and Keitaro YOSHIHARA

[J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 3641 (1997)]

Femtosecond optically heterodyne detected optical Kerr effect (OHD-OKE) measurements have been made on liquid aniline. The OHD-OKE data in the frequency domain can be analyzed in terms of three components: a low-frequency diffusional part; a collisional part and an underdamped intermolecular mode. The pure solvent relaxation is also compared with the solvation dynamics measured by the fluorescence dynamic Stokes shift.


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