Optimizing the laser-pulse configuration for coherent Raman spectroscopy
Optimizing the laser-pulse configuration for coherent Raman spectroscopy
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1139055
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发表时间:
2007-04-13
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56.9
通讯作者:
Scully, Marlan O.
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作者:
Pestov, Dmitry;Murawski, Robert K.;Scully, Marlan O.
We introduce a hybrid technique that combines the robustness of frequency-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) with the advantages of time-resolved CARS spectroscopy. Instantaneous coherent broadband excitation of several characteristic molecular vibrations and the subsequent probing of these vibrations by an optimally shaped time-delayed narrowband laser pulse help to suppress the nonresonant background and to retrieve the species-specific signal. We used this technique for coherent Raman spectroscopy of sodium dipicolinate powder, which is similar to calcium dipicolinate ( a marker molecule for bacterial endospores, such as Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis), and we demonstrated a rapid and highly specific detection scheme that works even in the presence of multiple scattering.