Broad-band impulsive vibrational spectroscopy of excited electronic states in the time domain

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1358-1364

  Liebel, Matz ^a   Kukura, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotenoids; femtosecond Raman; time domain vibrational spectroscopy; ultrafast spectroscopy; vibrational coherence

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; FEMTOSECONDS; TIME DOMAIN; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES; VIBRATIONAL COHERENCES;

ELECTRONIC STATES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876589544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4004203     Document Type: Article

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