Light scattering and spectral inversion in a matrix-isolated molecule

M. M. Somoza; J. Friedrich; H. P. Trommsdorff

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2006.01.027

Light scattering and spectral inversion in a matrix-isolated molecule

M. M. Somoza^*, J. Friedrich, H. P. Trommsdorff

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Abstract

Spectra, recorded in the manner of conventional absorption spectra, of polycrystalline samples of cyclohexane doped with anisole guest molecules at 10^-4 M/M, exhibit a surprising behavior as a function of temperature, absorption features at high temperatures appearing inverted at low temperature. An analogous inversion is observed for spectral holes burned into these spectra. It is proposed that this unexpected phenomenon is an intriguing artifact, caused by strong elastic light scattering that attenuates the incident beam to such an extent that fluorescence and phosphorescence emission dominates the detected signal at low temperatures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	534-537
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	420
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.01.027
State	Published - 21 Mar 2006
Externally published	Yes

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