title: Photoacoustic spectroscopy using coherent synchrotron radiation: application to α-lactose monohydrate.
abstract: We produced coherent synchrotron radiation at the Canadian Light Source between about 5 and 30 cm(-1) in bursting and continuous emission modes and used it to acquire photoacoustic spectra of solids. A band was observed in the spectrum of α-lactose monohydrate at 18 cm(-1) and attributed to a rotational mode, in agreement with published data obtained using other numerical and experimental techniques.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Light Source, Inc., University of Saskatchewan, 101 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X4, Canada. Brant.Billinghurst@lightsource.ca
authors.forename: Brant
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Billinghurst
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dallin
authors.forename: Ward
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wurtz
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: Kirk H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Michaelian
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D007785:Lactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D053260:Soot / Q000737:chemistry; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017356:Synchrotrons
chemical_list: D053260:Soot; D007785:Lactose