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Single pulse phase-control interferometric coherent anti-StokesRaman scattering spectroscopy (CARS)

Journal Article · · Physical Review A. Rapid Communication
OSTI ID:883776

In coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy (CARS) experiments, usually the amplitude of the signal is measured and the phase information is lost. With a polarization- and phase-controlled pulse shaping technique, the relative phase between the resonant and non-resonant CARS signals is controlled, and spectral interferometry is performed without an interferometer. Both the real and imaginary parts of the background-free resonant CARS spectrum are measured via spectral interferometry between the resonant and non-resonant signals from the same sample. The resonant signal is amplified significantly by homodyne mixing with the non-resonant signal as a local oscillator, greatly improving the detection limit.

Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Basic EnergySciences; National Science Foundation. Division of Materials Research,National Science Foundation Fellowship
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
883776
Report Number(s):
LBNL--58915; BnR: KC0203010
Journal Information:
Physical Review A. Rapid Communication, Journal Name: Physical Review A. Rapid Communication Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 72
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English