Vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy using inverted visible pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 11483-11494

  Weeraman, Champika ^a   Mitchell, Steven A ^a   Lausten, Rune ^a   Johnston, Linda J ^a   Stolow, Albert ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC GENERATION; MONOLAYERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

GROUP-VELOCITY MISMATCH; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; NARROW BANDS; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; NONRESONANT; ORGANIC MONOLAYERS; PULSE SHAPES; PUMP DEPLETION; RESONANT RESPONSE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; STANDARD PROCEDURES; VIBRATIONAL SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATIONS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 77952793730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.011483     Document Type: Article

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