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Inhomogeneous broadening of the spectra of organic molecules in solid state matrices

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 1023–1035, June, 1981,

The author is grateful to K. K. Rebane for useful discussions.

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Rebane, L.A. Inhomogeneous broadening of the spectra of organic molecules in solid state matrices. J Appl Spectrosc 34, 627–637 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00618278

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