Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 46, Numéro C7, Octobre 1985
Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Processes in the Excited States of Solids / Dynamique des Etats Excités dans les Solides
Page(s) C7-381 - C7-389
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1985768
Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Processes in the Excited States of Solids / Dynamique des Etats Excités dans les Solides

J. Phys. Colloques 46 (1985) C7-381-C7-389

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1985768

TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION, HYPER-RAMAN SCATTERING, AND EXCITED STATE DECAY PROCESSES FOR POLYENES IN FREE JET EXPANSIONS

J.S. Horwitz1, B.E. Kohler2 et T.A. Spiglanin1

1  Chemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06457, U.S.A.
2  Chemistry Department, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0403, U.S.A.


Abstract
High resolution emission spectra, 1-photon and 2- photon excitation spectra, vibronic level decay times and saturation behavior have been measured for the polyenes diphenylbutadiene and diphenylhexatriene seeded in supersonic helium expansions. For isolated diphenylbutadiene hyper-Raman scattering enhanced by 2-photon resonances has also been observed. Taken together these data provide a detailed picture of the nature of the most probable intramolecular excited state decay processes as a function of vibronic energy for these flexible molecules.