Title :
Role of saturation of rotational Raman transition on femtosecond vibrational CARS
Author :
Patnaik, Anil K. ; Roy, Sandip ; Gord, James R.
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. Syst. Directorate, Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
Saturation of femtosecond vibrational Raman coherence and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) signal in air show drastically different characteristic compared to nanosecond regime. Rotational Raman saturation is shown to dictate the behavior of vibrational Raman.
Keywords :
coherent antiStokes Raman scattering; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; coherent antiStokes Raman scattering signal; femtosecond vibrational CARS; femtosecond vibrational Raman coherence saturation; rotational Raman transition saturation; Bandwidth; Coherence; Couplings; Equations; Mathematical model; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
