Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectrometer in the 320-520nm range

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1107-1112

  Pontecorvo, E ^a   Kapetanaki, S M ^a   Badioli, M ^a   Brida, D ^b   Marangoni, M ^b   Cerullo, G ^b   Scopigno, T ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; PORPHYRINS; PUMPS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE; FEMTOSECOND-STIMULATED RAMAN; HEME PROTEINS; PICO-SECOND PULSE; RAMAN PUMP; SPECTRAL COMPRESSION; TI:SAPPHIRE; VISIBLE-UV;

SPECTROMETERS;

HEME;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEME; LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 78751542486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001107     Document Type: Article

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