Title :
Phase-sensitive sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy on water/vapor interfaces
Author :
Ostroverkhov, Victor ; Ji, Na ; Chen, C.Y. ; Waychunas, Glenn A. ; Shen, Yuen-Ron
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We present a phase-sensitive SFVS technique that captures both the magnitude and the phase of an interfacial vibrational spectrum and apply it to study water/vapor interfaces allowing unambiguous decomposition of OH stretch peaks.
Keywords :
decomposition; infrared spectra; interface phenomena; optical frequency conversion; visible spectra; interfacial vibrational spectrum; phase-sensitive sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy; second-order nonlinear optical process; sum-frequency generation; unambiguous decomposition; water-vapor interfaces; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical mixing; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Physics; Resonance; Signal generators; Spectroscopy; (240.4350) Nonlinear optics at surfaces; (300.6490) Spectroscopy, surface;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628226
