Impulsive stimulated Raman scattering of molecular vibrations using nonlinear pulse shaping
Date
2003
Authors
Bartels, R. A., author
Murnane, M. M., author
Backus, S., author
Kapteyn, H. C., author
Elsevier Science B. V., publisher
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Abstract
We demonstrate the excitation of a molecular vibrational coherence via impulsive stimulated Raman scattering (ISRS) by using a pump pulse longer than the vibrational period of the excited mode. By making use of the reshaping of the pump pulse during nonlinear propagation, a Raman vibrational coherence can be excited via ISRS with a pump pulse incapable of such excitation at the input of the medium.