Rovibrational hybrid fs/ps CARS using a volume Bragg grating for N₂ thermometry

Opt Lett. 2016 Feb 1;41(3):488-91. doi: 10.1364/OL.41.000488.

Abstract

Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectra of N2 in the hybrid femtosecond/picosecond regime have been recorded with 0.7 cm(-1) resolution. The Q-branch rovibrational structure has been resolved, making it suitable for gas-phase simultaneous rotational and vibrational thermometry applications. Resolving this spectral structure requires synchronization of a narrowband picosecond probe pulse with a broadband femtosecond pair of pump and Stokes pulses. It is achieved using a single femtosecond ytterbium-laser source and a volume Bragg grating in a compact experimental arrangement.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air
  • Lasers
  • Nitrogen*
  • Rotation
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / methods*
  • Temperature
  • Thermometry / methods*
  • Time Factors
  • Vibration*

Substances

  • Nitrogen