Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.103, No.22, 9880-9883, 1995
Temperature-Dependent Optical Dephasing in Sol-Gel Glasses - Photon-Echo Measurements of Rhodamine-101 and Quinizarin Doped Aluminosilica Xerogels
Temperature-dependent (1.2-2.1 K) photon echo measurements have been performed on quinizarin and rhodamine 101 doped into aluminosilica sol-gel glasses as well as rhodamine 101 doped poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) polymer. We observe a temperature-dependent homogeneous linewidth for both quinizarin and rhodamine in the aluminosilica xerogel (ASX) matrix proportional to T-2, in contrast to the T-1.3+/-0.1 linewidth dependence typically observed for a variety of organic and inorganic glass hosts in this temperature range (including rhodamine 101 doped PMMA). The contrasting optical dephasing results for the ASX glass and PMMA suggest that the ASX glass may have unique two-level-system dynamics.
Keywords:HOLE-BURNING SPECTROSCOPY;SPECTRAL DIFFUSION;HOMOGENEOUS LINEWIDTHS;AMORPHOUS SILICA;ETHANOL GLASS;DYE MOLECULES;MECHANISM;DYNAMICS;ORIGIN;STATES