Induced Fundamental Infrared Band of Nitrogen Dissolved in Solid Argon

Abstract

The induced fundamental infrared band of nitrogen dissolved in solid argon was studied over the temperature range 55–81 K with a path length of 40 cm and molar N2 concentrations of 1−2%. The spectrum consists of combination tones of lattice transitions with the N2 1 ← 0 vibrational transition. Lattice transition frequencies of 70 and 39 cm−1 at 55 K are identified with a local mode and vibrations of the host-lattice atoms respectively. We have computed the local-mode frequency over the experimental temperature range using one-defect theory in a harmonic approximation employing temperature-corrected experimental phonon frequencies and obtain good agreement with the observed values. The 39 cm−1 peak can be identified with features of the transverse region of the Ar phonon density of states.