Tunable ultrafast infrared/visible laser to probe vibrational dynamics

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 558-564

  Gunaratne, Tissa C ^a   Milliken, Matthew ^a   Challa, J Reddy ^a   Simpson, M Cather ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRATION CONTROL;

FREQUENCY-RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING; TIME-RESOLVED MANNER; ULTRAFAST INFRARED/VISIBLE LASER; VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS;

LASER THEORY;

BIOPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIBRATION;

BIOPOLYMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; VIBRATION;

EID: 33644585752     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.000558     Document Type: Article

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