The CARS (Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) spectra and intensities were observed for SF
6 (20-600 Torr) after pumped by a CO
2 laser pulse. The fundamental (ν
1) band at 774cm-
1 was quenched after the IR excitation. while the hot bands coupled with the ν
4, ν
5 and ν
6 states at 771-773cm
-1 were enhanced. The low intensity broad band at 766-770cm
-1 attributed to the quasicontinuum was also enhanced. The additive gases, such as He, Ar, N
2, CO
2, and Xe, increased the intensity of either the fumdamental band or the hot bands. However, the CO
2 additive hardly enhanced the hot bands so that the vibrational energy of the coupled (ν
1+ν
4, ν
1+ν
5) modes in SF
6 should be resonantly transfered by the collisions to the CO
2 (100, 020) states. After pumped by the IR laser, the enhancement of the hot bands decreased with a decay time of 16 μs, while the quenching of the fundamental band occurred with a decay time of 30μs, depending on the collisional condition with additive gases.
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