Heterodyne-detected transient grating experiments on the OH-stretch mode of HDO dissolved in ${\mathrm{D}}_{2}\mathrm{O}$ resolve two distinctly different contributions originating from the initially excited OH stretch and the OD stretch which is thermally activated during the OH population relaxation. It is demonstrated that interference of both contributions greatly affects the outcome of IR photon echo experiments.Heterodyne-detected transient grating experiments on the OH-stretch mode of HDO dissolved in ${\mathrm{D}}_{2}\mathrm{O}$ resolve two distinctly different contributions originating from the initially excited OH stretch and the OD stretch which is thermally activated during the OH population relaxation. It is demonstrated that interference of both contributions greatly affects the outcome of IR photon echo experiments.

Physical Review AFeb 22, 200627 citations

Physical principles of construction of an information-measurement echo system

Andrey M. Gladyshev, K.Sh. Gazizov, Alexandr A. Grachev +2 more

Possibilities of the using of a photon echo (PE) phenomena at the creation of informational-measuring systems of the speed control of an internal ballistic motion of a gas, of a visual control branch types of quantum transition of the molecular gas by a peak-temporary shape of a photon echo, and of distance measurement are discussed. The influence of lunar cycle phases to the process of formation of an echo-response is shown on an example of research of an echo-dielectric permeability, registered in a water physiological solution of chloride natrium.Possibilities of the using of a photon echo (PE) phenomena at the creation of informational-measuring systems of the speed control of an internal ballistic motion of a gas, of a visual control branch types of quantum transition of the molecular gas by a peak-temporary shape of a photon echo, and of distance measurement are discussed. The influence of lunar cycle phases to the process of formation of an echo-response is shown on an example of research of an echo-dielectric permeability, registered in a water physiological solution of chloride natrium.

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIENov 15, 20010 citations

Recent Photon Echo Experiments

Norman A. Kurnit, Sven R. Hartmann

Springer eBooksJan 1, 19678 citations

Femtosecond Photon Echo Formation in Liquids

Erik T. J. Nibbering, D. A. Wiersma, Koos Duppen

NATO ASI series. Series B : PhysicsJan 1, 19921 citation

Effects of Solute Electronic Structure Variation on Photon Echo Spectroscopy

Badry D. Bursulaya, Hyung J. Kim

Two-pulse photon echo spectroscopy for dipolar solutes in water is studied via equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. By extension of the valence-bond description employed in our earlier MD work [Bursulaya, B. D.; Zichi, D. A.; Kim, H. J. J. Phys. Chem. 1995, 99, 10069; 1996, 100, 1392], both the solute ground- and excited-state electronic polarizabilities are incorporated into the simulations. By modulation of the static transition frequency distribution and solvation dynamics, the state-dependent solute electronic structure variation is found to have a significant influence on the echo; its relaxation behavior with pulse delay is slower for a polarizable solute than for a nonpolarizable one. Despite their similar overall effects, however, the ground- and excited-state polarizabilities modulate the echo via rather different mechanisms. Equilibrium and nonequilibrium MD yields similar results for a nonpolarizable solute but discernible differences for a polarizable solute.Two-pulse photon echo spectroscopy for dipolar solutes in water is studied via equilibrium and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. By extension of the valence-bond description employed in our earlier MD work [Bursulaya, B. D.; Zichi, D. A.; Kim, H. J. J. Phys. Chem. 1995, 99, 10069; 1996, 100, 1392], both the solute ground- and excited-state electronic polarizabilities are incorporated into the simulations. By modulation of the static transition frequency distribution and solvation dynamics, the state-dependent solute electronic structure variation is found to have a significant influence on the echo; its relaxation behavior with pulse delay is slower for a polarizable solute than for a nonpolarizable one. Despite their similar overall effects, however, the ground- and excited-state polarizabilities modulate the echo via rather different mechanisms. Equilibrium and nonequilibrium MD yields similar results for a nonpolarizable solute but discernible differences for a polarizable solute.

The Journal of Physical ChemistryJan 1, 199621 citations

Heterodyne-detected transient grating experiments on the OH-stretch mode of HDO dissolved in

{\mathrm{D}}_{2}\mathrm{O}

resolve two distinctly different contributions originating from the initially excited OH stretch and the OD stretch which is thermally activated during the OH population relaxation. It is demonstrated that interference of both contributions greatly affects the outcome of IR photon echo experiments.