title: Molecular identification by generating coherence between molecular normal modes using stimulated Raman scattering.
abstract: We propose a method of driving the vibrations of normal modes of a target molecule into coherence using stimulated Raman scattering. In concert many vibrations can produce a larger anti-Stokes signal than a single vibration. The same illumination does not drive other molecules to have coherent vibrations so that these molecules produce a weaker signal. We investigate how target and confounder molecules can be distinguished by pulses that drive many vibrations coherently, which has applications in coherent Raman microspectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Geddes Iii
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Boppart
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman