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In the past years the laser has become a successful tool for the investigation of collision-induced energy transfer processes in molecules [1,2]. This energy transfer can occur between vibrational levels (V-V process) or between the vibrational and the translational/rotational degrees of freedom (V-T/R process). In general the V-V transfer is very fast compared to V-T/R relaxation. Therefore, especially in organic molecules, rather short V-V relaxation times may be expected [3]. In the experiment described here V-V transfer in ethylene has been measured using the laser-fluorescence method.
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Häger, J., Krieger, W., Rüegg, T., Walther, H. (1979). Vibrational Relaxation of Ethylene Excited with a Parametric Oscillator. In: Kompa, K.L., Smith, S.D. (eds) Laser-Induced Processes in Molecules. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67254-5_86
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