ULTRAHIGH SENSITIVITY STIMULATED RAMAN GAIN SPECTROSCOPY

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LEVINE, BF
BETHEA, CG
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10.1109/JQE.1980.1070342
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Using a synchronously pumped mode-locked dye laser system, the authors have obtained a factor of 300 improvement in signal to noise ratio (S/N) over previous CW experiments using stimulated Raman gain spectroscopy, and achieved an S/N equals 200,000 for a 1 s integration time in bulk benzene. This result confirms the sensitivity of the picosecond Raman gain approach and would allow the detection of a monolayer using a pump intensity of 100 MW/cm**2.
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