Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.109, No.16, 8132-8143, 2005
Dephasing-induced vibronic resonances in difference frequency generation spectroscopy
The difference frequency generation (DFG) signal from a two electronic level system with vibrational modes coupled to a Brownian oscillator bath is computed. Interference effects between two Liouville space pathways result in pure-dephasing-induced, excited-state resonances provided the two excitation pulses overlap and time ordering is not enforced. Numerical simulations of two-dimensional DFG signals illustrate how the ground and excited electronic state resonances may be distinguished.