Time‐resolved stimulated Raman experiments

Abstract

We have performed time‐resolved stimulated Raman experiments on CS2, benzene and diamond. These time‐resolved SRS measurements produce more information than ordinary Raman or even non‐time‐resolved (two beams) SRS experiments because the signal is sensitive to the optical phases of the laser beams and registers therefore the so‐called electronic contribution.Finally we discuss the (im)possibility to resolve an inhomogeneously broadened line in its homogeneous components using the time‐resolved Raman technique. Computer simulations support our theoretical analysis.