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Narrow‐band coherent Rayleigh scattering
Author(s) -
Bookey H. T.,
Bishop A. I.,
Shneider M. N.,
Barker P. F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/jrs.1531
Subject(s) - rayleigh scattering , broadband , scattering , optics , line (geometry) , raman scattering , computational physics , resolution (logic) , range (aeronautics) , spectral line , spectral resolution , physics , phase (matter) , magnitude (astronomy) , atomic physics , raman spectroscopy , materials science , quantum mechanics , mathematics , astrophysics , computer science , geometry , artificial intelligence , composite material
We describe the first implementation of narrow‐band coherent Rayleigh scattering (CRS) for high spectral resolution of CRS line shapes. Using intensities in the 10 9 W/cm 2 range we find that the measured line shapes of CO 2 , N 2 and Xe gases at room temperature are in good agreement with a CRS model that assumes weakly perturbing fields. We compare our results with broadband CRS and discuss the importance of phase‐matching requirements for narrow‐band CRS. Finally, we show that a spectral narrowing in the CRS profile is predicted at intensities that are approximately an order of magnitude greater than those used in our experiments. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.