rotational coherence; degenerate four-wave mixing; ultrafast spectroscopy; coherent anti-Stokes Raman; supersonic beams; ground state dynamics
Hans-Martin Frey, Dominique Kummli, Simon Lobsiger, Samuel Leutwyler (2013), High-resolution Rotational Raman Coherence Spectroscopy with Femtosecond Pulses, in Martin Quack Frédéric Merkt (ed.), Jon Wiley and Sons , Chichester, England, 1237-1265.
Georges Bruegger, Hans-Martin Frey, Patrick Steinegger, Philipp Kowalewski, Samuel Leutwyler (2011), Femtosecond Rotational Raman Coherence Spectroscopy of Cyclohexane in a Pulsed Supersonic Jet, in
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Georges Bruegger, Hans-Martin Frey, Patrick Steinegger, Franziska Balmer, Samuel Leutwyler (2011), Accurate Determination of the Structure of Cyclohexane by Femtosecond Rotational Coherence Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations, in
J. Phys. Chem. A, 115(34), 9567-9578.
High resolution rotational spectroscopy of molecules and molecular dimers consisting of nonpolar molecules will be performed in gas cells and in supersonic jet expansions by femtosecond (fs) rotational coherence spectroscopy (RCS), detected by degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM). The main goals of the project are:- Accurate determination of the rotational and centrifugal distortion constants, geometries and bond lengths of symmetric and nonpolar molecules of fundamental chemical interest (e.g., n-alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics).- Accurate determination of the rotational and centrifugal distortion constants, geometries and bond lengths of $C_{2h}$ symmetric carboxylic acid dimers.- Measurements of accurate rotational constants of Raman-active vibrationally excited states of the abovementioned molecules and dimers using ultrafast CARS spectroscopy.- Detailed investigations of the rotational state dependence of collision-induced dephasing and energy transfer processes in gases.