DYNAMICAL TEST OF DAVYDOV-TYPE SOLITONS IN ACETANILIDE USING A PICOSECOND FREE-ELECTRON LASER

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作者
FANN, W
ROTHBERG, L
ROBERSON, M
BENSON, S
MADEY, J
ETEMAD, S
AUSTIN, R
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[2] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT PHYS,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[3] DUKE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,DURHAM,NC 27706
[4] BELLCORE,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.607
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Picosecond infrared excitation experiments on acetanilide, an -helix protein analog, indicate that the anomalous 1650-cm-1 band which appears on cooling of acetanilide crystals persists for at least several microseconds following rapid pulsed heating. The ground-state recovery time is 155 psec, consistent with a conventional mode strongly coupled to the phonon bath. We therefore suggest that the unusual temperature-dependent spectroscopy of acetanilide can be accounted for by slightly nondegenerate hydrogen atom configurations in the crystal. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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