Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of
P. F. (Paul Frazer) Williams Publications
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
February 1974
Abstract
We report a significantly shortened scattering lifetime in molecular iodine when the frequency of a single-mode 5145-Å incident laser is tuned away from resonance with a discrete transition. This observation of a shortened scattering time is indicative of what has been conventionally called a Raman process. Off-resonance lifetime measurements, as reported here, may provide a means of determining the relative contribution to the absorption line-width of homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening.
Comments
Published in Physical Review Letters Volume 32, Number 5, 4 February 1974. Copyright © 1974 by the American Physical Society. Used by permission.