Saturation and lifetime effects on degenerate four-wave mixing spectroscopy

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4445-4456

  Delve, Paul A ^a,b   Whitaker, Benjamin J ^b  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREE RADICALS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING SPECTROSCOPY; LASER THERMOMETRY; ROTATIONAL PREDISSOCIATION;

CARBONATES;

EID: 0033095275     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478328     Document Type: Article

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