title: Narrow-linewidth passband filter for ultraviolet rotational Raman imaging.
abstract: We present a narrow-passband spectral filter capable of frequency-resolved imaging of rotational Raman light scattering with strong spectral rejection of out-of-band Raman, Rayleigh, and Mie scattering. The filter is based on mercury-vapor absorption, and subsequent resonant fluorescence and has a passband of less than 1 cm(-1). It is paired with an injection-seeded, cavity-locked, frequency-tripled Ti:sapphire laser that produces >30 mJ/pulse of single-mode, tunable light in the vicinity of 253.7 nm. The laser and filter are combined to spectrally resolve scattering from individual rotational Raman lines of nitrogen and oxygen.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lempert
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Miles