Consideration of the absorption characteristics of organic vapors in interpretation of the decay properties of excited vibronic states: Naphthalene

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“…The full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) of the distinctive features in our spectrum were on the order of 300 MHz; this is less than the 2 GHz Doppler width. The lifetime of naphthalene under collision-free conditions has been measured to be 250 nsec (47). The lifetime-limited natural linewidth of naphthalene is thus about 3 MHz.…”

New techniques in atomic and molecular laser spectroscopy

“…The lifetime of naphthalene under collision-free conditions has been measured to be 250 nsec (47). The lifetime-limited natural linewidth of naphthalene is thus about 3 MHz.…”