Ultrafast-laser-induced backward stimulated Raman scattering for tracing atmospheric gases

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 18784-18794

  Malevich, P N ^a   Kartashov, D ^a   Pu, Z ^a   Alisauskas S ^a   Pugzlys A ^a   Baltuska A ^a   Gininas, L ^b   Danielius, R ^b   Lanin, A A ^c   Zheltikov, A M ^c,d   Marangoni, M ^e   Cerullo, G ^e  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Light Conversion Ltd   (Lithuania)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PULSE GENERATORS;

AIR MOLECULES; BROADBAND PULSE; LASER PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR SPECTRAL COMPRESSION; SELECTIVE DETECTION; STANDOFF SENSING;

STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; GAS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84865578218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018784     Document Type: Article

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