Anharmonic phonon-polariton excitation through impulsive stimulated Raman scattering and detection through wave vector overtone spectroscopy: Theory and comparison to experiments on lithium tantalate

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3559-3571

  Romero Rochín, Víctor ^a,b   Koehl, Richard M ^a   Brennan, Ciaran J ^a,c   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c IBM MICROELECTRONICS   (United States)

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EID: 0000477897     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479675     Document Type: Article

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