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Publication
Physical Review Letters
Paper
Pulse fourier-transform optical spectroscopy
Abstract
The optical analog of pulse Fourier-transform NMR spectroscopy is demonstrated. Doppler-free infrared spectra are obtained for a set of closely spaced C13HF3 transitions at 9.66 μm from two-pulse echo and free-induction decay transients. The effects of elastic or inelastic collisions on the decay rate are obtained for each transition, and the long-range force laws are deduced from the dependence of the scattering cross section on molecular velocity. © 1977 The American Physical Society.