Time-resolved CARS study of molecular vibrational dissipation and dephasing in solid phase

Kumada, Takayuki   ; Karavitis, M.*; Goldschleger, I. U.*; Apkarian, V. A.*

We should know how the high energy deposited by irradiation dissipates in materials in order to understand radiation chemical processes. In this study, we carried out TR-CARS (Time-Resolved Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) study of molecular iodine in solid krypton to understand the mechanism of vibrational relaxation in solid phase. Decoherence of the vibrational state is due to energy dissipation below 10 K whereas pure dephasing plays an important role above. We also found that the dephasing is due to the scattering with local phonon mode with the energy of 40 K.