IR absorption spectrum of molecules trapped in matrices. I. The libron-phonon coupling in 1D

Abstract
Theoretical expressions are obtained for the infrared absorption coefficient of a one-dimensional monoatomic lattice containing one diatomic substitutional impurity. The diatomic molecule interacts with the environment introducing high rotational barriers that reduce the molecular rotation to a libration coupled to the host-lattice vibrations (libron-phonon coupling). This is equivalent to the explicit consideration of static and dynamic interactions on the lineshape function. Numerical results of the absorption coefficient of CO trapped in linear chains of Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe interacting via molecular-pair potentials are discussed. The near-infrared spectrum is qualitatively in agreement with the measured vibrational frequencies.

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