Three pulse stimulated photon echo experiments as a probe of polar solvation dynamics: Utility of...

Discusses the use of the three pulse photon echo peak shift technique to study solvation dynamics in acetonitrile, methanol and ethylene glycol using the tricarbocyanine laser dye as a probe. Spectral density governing the solute-solvent interaction; Use of a simple dielectric continuum model and the dynamical mean spherical approximation.