Coherent Raman Spectroscopy: Recent Advances

✍ Scribed by V. A. Batanov, V. S. Petriv, A. O. Radkevich, A. L. Telyatnikov, A. Yu. Volkov (auth.), Prof. Dr. Gerd. Marowsky, Prof. Dr. Valery V. Smirnov (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 315
• Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics 63
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Progress made during the last few years in nonlinear optics and quantum electronics has significantly increased our understanding of the interactionbetween light and matter. Of great importance are third-order nonlinear Raman techniques such as CARS, RIKES, SRS, and DFWM. This book reflects the state of the art in coherent Raman spectroscopy. The contributions together provide an overview of the various Raman techniques that make available information about the fine structure of molecular energy levels, the collisional dynamics of atoms and molecules, and processes of internal energy disipation. Some of the contributions also report on the application of local, nonperturbing diagnosic methods forthe determination of parameters such as composition, temperature, density, velocity, and energy distribution between the internal degrees of freedom.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Infrared Resonant CARS in CH 3 F....Pages 3-11
Hydrogen CARS Spectra Influenced by High Laser Intensities....Pages 12-25
Linear and Nonlinear Continuum Resonance Raman Scattering in Diatomic Molecules: Experiment and Theory....Pages 26-37
Nonlinear Interferometry....Pages 38-48
Evaluation of the CARS Spectra of Linear Molecules in the Keilson-Storer Model....Pages 49-53
Resonance-CARS Spectroscopy of Bio-molecules and of Molecules Sensitive to Light....Pages 54-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
High-Resolution CARS-IR Spectroscopy of Spherical Top Molecules....Pages 71-86
High Resolution Coherent Raman Spectroscopy: Studies of Molecular Structures....Pages 87-98
Collisional Relaxation Processes Studied by Coherent Raman Spectroscopy for Major Species Present in Combustions....Pages 99-115
High Resolution Inverse Raman Spectroscopy of Molecular Hydrogen....Pages 116-118
High Resolution CARS Spectroscopy with cw Laser Excitation....Pages 119-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Vibrational Relaxation of IR-Laser-Excited SF 6 and SiF 4 Molecules Studied by CARS....Pages 129-147
Nonlinear Transient Spectroscopy Using Four-Wave Mixing with Broad-Bandwidth Laser Beams....Pages 148-158
Application of Single-Pulse Broadband CARS to Shock-Tube Experiments....Pages 159-163
Pump-Probe Measurements of Rotational Transfer Rates in N 2 -N 2 Collisions....Pages 164-175
Dicke Effect Manifestation in Nonstationary CARS Spectroscopy....Pages 176-185
Picosecond Coherent Raman Spectroscopy of Excited Electronic States of Polyene Chromophores....Pages 186-204
CARS Application to Monitoring the Rotational and Vibrational Temperatures of Nitrogen in a Rapidly Expanding Supersonic Flow....Pages 205-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
CARS Diagnostics of High-Voltage Atmospheric Pressure Discharge in Nitrogen....Pages 215-223
CARS in Aerospace Research....Pages 224-241
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Coherent Rotational and Vibrational Raman Spectroscopy of CO 2 Clusters....Pages 242-254
Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing in Combustion Diagnostics....Pages 255-274
Spatially Resolved CARS in the Study of Local Mixing of Two Liquids in a Reactor....Pages 275-281
Pure Rotational CARS for Temperature Measurement in Turbulent Gas Flows....Pages 282-285
Coherent Raman Scattering in High-Pressure/High Temperature Fluids: An Overview....Pages 286-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-311

✦ Subjects

Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices;Theoretical and Computational Chemistry;Engineering, general