Abstract

Vibrational spectra in solution are very sensitive to environment around the oscillator, and vibrational line shapes have been analyzed to investigate microscopic details in liquids such as intermolecular interactions and dynamics [1]. Dependencies of vibrational dephasing on the vibrational quantum number, v, differs with relaxation mechanisms. Therefore, investigation of quantum number dependence of vibrational width has been crucial for studies of dephasing mechanism [2].

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