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The two-photon spectrum of pyrimidine. Role of vibronic coupling

  • Yi Luo*
  • , Hans Ågren
  • , Sören Knuts
  • , Poul Jørgensen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The one- and two-photon spectra of the lowest electronic states of pyrimidine are analyzed by means of response theory calculations. Particular attention is paid to the lower one-photon forbidden (nπ*) 1A2 and one-photon allowed (ππ*) 1B1 and 1B2 states. Despite being electronically allowed it is found that the vibronically induced intensity for the two-photon transition to the first 1B2 state is much larger than the intensity derived from the pure electronic contribution. A detailed theoretical two-photon vibronic spectrum is presented showing strong excitations of the b2 mode and a shift of the two-photon absorption maximum as much as 1600 cm-1 from the corresponding one-photon maximum, in good agreement with experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)357-362
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume213
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Oct 1993
Externally publishedYes

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