Vibrational anharmonicities revealed by coherent two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Mar 5;86(10):2154-7. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2154.

Abstract

Two-dimensional infrared photon echo spectroscopy has been used to describe the anharmonic nuclear potential of two coupled molecular vibrations. The two-dimensional spectrum shows diagonal and off-diagonal features, each composed of two peaks. The splitting between these peaks is directly related to the anharmonicity, while the relative amplitude of the diagonal and off-diagonal features describes the projection angle between interacting dipoles.