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Mode-selective vibrational redistribution after spectrally selective N-H stretching mode excitation in intermolecular
Abstract:
Mode-selective vibrational redistribution after spectrally selective excitation within the highly structured N-H stretching band of the 7-azaindole dimer was observed by subpicosecond infrared-pump/anti-Stokes Raman-probe spectroscopy. Measurements after relaxation of the N-H stretching vibration indicate ultrafast initial population transfer to vibrations with pronounced N-H bending character. From these modes energy is transferred to modes of frequencies below 1000 cm(-1) on a slower time scale of about 3 ps. Tuning the spectrally narrow infrared excitation to the different substructures of the N-H stretching band influences the distribution of populations between the fingerprint modes. Their relative populations are correlated with the contributions of the modes forming the different coupled combination tones of the N-H stretching band. These results provide experimental support to a Fermi resonance model previously used for simulations of the N-H stretching infrared absorption band shape and insight into relaxation from the initially excited combination bands.
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