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Title: Communication: Atomic force detection of single-molecule nonlinear optical vibrational spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4873578· OSTI ID:22252979
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697 (United States)

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) allows for a highly sensitive detection of spectroscopic signals. This has been first demonstrated for NMR of a single molecule and recently extended to stimulated Raman in the optical regime. We theoretically investigate the use of optical forces to detect time and frequency domain nonlinear optical signals. We show that, with proper phase matching, the AFM-detected signals closely resemble coherent heterodyne-detected signals. Applications are made to AFM-detected and heterodyne-detected vibrational resonances in Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (χ{sup (3)}) and sum or difference frequency generation (χ{sup (2)})

OSTI ID:
22252979
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 140, Issue 16; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English