title: Direct comparison of phase-sensitive vibrational sum frequency generation with maximum entropy method: case study of water.
abstract: We present a direct comparison of phase sensitive sum-frequency generation experiments with phase reconstruction obtained by the maximum entropy method. We show that both methods lead to the same complex spectrum. Furthermore, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each of these methods, analyzing possible sources of experimental and analytical errors. A simulation program for maximum entropy phase reconstruction is available at: http://lbp.epfl.ch/.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (formerly Max Planck Institute for Metals Research), Heisenbergstrasse 3, D70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Alex G F
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: de Beer
authors.forename: Jean-Sebastièn
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Zishuai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiangke
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Heather C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roke
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019277:Entropy; D012107:Research Design; D014732:Vibration; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water