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Femtosecond spectroscopy of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering with frequency-tunable chirped pulses generated in a microstructure fiber

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A new scheme of chirped-pulse femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy is proposed and experimentally implemented. A theory of this modification of coherent nonlinear spectroscopy is developed. We use this approach to show that a linear time-frequency mapping defined by linearly chirped pulses allows the spectra of nonlinear response of a medium to be measured by varying the delay time between the pump pulses. Microstructure fibers with a special dispersion profile are at the heart of the experimental implementation of this technique. Such fibers are ideally suited for the generation of frequency-tunable pulses with a smooth envelope and a controlled chirp. We present the results of experimental characterization of the envelope, spectrum, and chirp of anti-Stokes pulses generated in microstructure fibers by femtosecond Cr:forsterite-laser pulses. These frequency-tunable anti-Stokes pulses produced and shaped in microstructure fibers are then employed for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy of toluene solution.

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  1. Physics Department, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    S. O. Konorov, D. A. Akimov & A. M. Zheltikov

  2. Center of Photochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Novatorov 7a, Moscow, 117421, Russia

    A. A. Ivanov & M. V. Alfimov

  3. International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. M. Zheltikov

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2004, pp. 26–35.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Konorov, Akimov, Ivanov, Alfimov, Zheltikov.

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Konorov, S.O., Akimov, D.A., Ivanov, A.A. et al. Femtosecond spectroscopy of coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering with frequency-tunable chirped pulses generated in a microstructure fiber. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 99, 19–27 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1787074

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