Spectral modulation observed in Chl-a by ultrafast laser spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 22480-22485

  Du, Juan ^a,b,c   Nakata, Kazuaki ^d   Jiang, Yongliang ^a,c   Tokunaga, Eiji ^d   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^a,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; EXCITED STATES; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; POLYMER FILMS; PULSE GENERATORS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ABSORBANCES; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION ENERGIES; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; FEW-CYCLE LASER PULSE; FIRST MOMENTS; FOURIER AMPLITUDE SPECTRA; HUANG-RHYS FACTORS; LOCK-IN AMPLIFIER; POTENTIAL CURVES; REAL-TIME DYNAMICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL MODULATION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME DEPENDENT; TRANSITION ENERGY; ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE; VIBRATIONAL MODES; WAVE-PACKET MOTION;

MODULATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINACH; TIME;

ABSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LASERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80755143932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022480     Document Type: Article

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