Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy.

Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy is presented as a new nonlinear optical technique. The combination of vibrational spectroscopy and microscopy allows highly sensitive investigations of unlabelled samples. CARS is an ideal tool for studying a broad variety of samples. The main drawback of the technique is its non-zero-background nature, which implies that the signal has to be detected against a nonresonant background. The need to solve this problem is reflected in the rapid technological developments that have been observed during the last decade. Recent results show that CARS microscopy has the potential to become an important complementary technique that can be used with other well-established microscopic methods. Although it has some limitations, it offers unique access to many problems that cannot be tackled with conventional techniques. For this reason, it can be expected that the impressive growth of the field will continue.     

Molecular vibrational dynamics of rhodamine B dye in solution studied by femtosecond CARS

Spectrally dispersed femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy is utilized to study the ultrafast vibrational dynamics in rhodamine B dye in solution at room temperature. The anti-Stokes intensities are monitored as a function of time and wavenumber. By simply changing the timing of laser pulses, the vibrational dynamics of excited Raman transitions in rhodamine B molecules can be tracked and detected.     

基于CARS技术的超燃冲压发动机点火过程温度测量

相干anti-Stokes Raman散射（coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering,CARS）技术作为一种非接触测量手段,已广泛应用于多种发动机模型燃烧室温度测量及地面试验.然而,目前的工作主要集中在稳态燃烧场温度的测量,缺乏用高分辨率的单脉冲来测量瞬变的燃烧火焰温度及组分浓度的研究.基于CARS理论,结合多参数拟合算法,开发了基于MATLAB的CARS光谱计算和拟合程序CARSCF;利用McKenna平面火焰炉在不同工况下进行了温度测量,并与DLR测量结果进行对比,结果显示开发的CARSCF具有较高的测量重复性和准确性;最后将CARS技术应用于测量超燃冲压发动机点火过程中的温度测量,获取了点火过程中的温度.结果显示,在来流Mach数为3的条件下,H₂/air点火过程中温度呈现急剧上升然后缓慢下降,而CARS信号则呈现急剧上升然后急剧下降随后又缓慢上升的趋势,并且在点火过程中最高温度为1 511 K.      

竞争性自适应重加权算法和相关系数法提取特征波长检测番茄叶片真菌病害

基于竞争性自适应重加权算法(CARS)和相关系数法(CA)特征波长选择方法,提出了利用可见-近红外高光谱成像技术检测番茄叶片灰霉病的方法。首先获取380～1 023 nm波段范围内80个染病和80个健康番茄叶片的高光谱图像,然后提取染病和健康叶片感兴趣区域(ROI)的光谱反射率值,作为番茄叶片灰霉病鉴别模型的输入来建立支持向量机(SVM)鉴别模型,训练集和验证集的鉴别率都是100%。研究进一步通过CARS和CA提取特征波长,分别得到5个(554, 694, 696, 738和880 nm)和4个(527, 555, 571和633 nm)特征波长,然后分别建立CARS-SVM和CA-SVM鉴别模型。结果显示,CARS-SVM模型中训练集和验证集的鉴别率都是100%,CA-SVM模型中训练集和验证集的鉴别率分别是91.59%和92.45%。以上结果说明了从可见-近红外高光谱图像中提取的光谱反射率值用于检测番茄叶片的灰霉病是可行的。     

Ultrafast multiplex CARS investigation of vibrational characteristics in chloroform and PMMA

This paper demonstrates the femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering by using folded BOXCARS geometry where an ultrashort broadband coherent white light continuum was used as Stokes pulse, and carries out the non-contact detection at long distance. The CARS signal is so easy to be detected that it can be seen even by nude eye. The C--H bonds of chloroform or PMMA were detected and the vibration modes belonging to the side chain and the main chain in PMMA were also compared. Their vibrational characteristics involved decay process and quantum beating were discussed. This modified CARS experimental technique could make up the deficiency of traditional CARS technique.     

Development of rotational CARS for combustion diagnostics using a polarization approach

Rotational Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) has the last decades been developed into a useful tool for thermometry and concentration measurements in combustion. In this paper, we present a novel polarization approach of the technique, which will enhance its potential and widen the range of conditions at which it can be utilized. The theory of the polarization approach is described in detail. It is shown that by specific arrangement of the polarizations of the laser beams, total suppression of the non-resonant background signal can be obtained, and thus by probing only the resonant CARS signal the diagnostic utility of the technique increases. The main benefit of the approach is in situations where the non-resonant background signal is relatively high in comparison with the resonant signal. The high potential of polarization rotational CARS for thermometry is demonstrated in some illustrative examples, for example, nitrogen thermometry on the fuel side of diffusion flames, and carbon monoxide thermometry in the product gas of ethylene/oxygen/argon-flames.     

CARS methane spectra: Experiments and simulations for temperature diagnostic purposes

CARS laboratory experiments were done in the 2905–2925 cm⁻¹ range, in the vicinity of the ν₁ band of the methane molecule, for pressures ranging from 1 to 50 bar, and temperatures up to 1100 K. These experiments were carried out in order to retrieve the pressure evolution of the CH₄ spectrum, as well as to confirm its temperature dependance. After a brief recall on the theory used to compute pressure broadening coefficients and relaxation rates, we consider the ν₃ and ν₄ infrared bands of methane for benchmark calculations purposes. Next, we present recent experimental CARS spectra and calculated ones. Lastly, we discuss flame experiments as well as comparisons of temperature retrieval using N₂ and CH₄ as probe molecules.     

Defeating Radiation Damping and Magnetic Field Inhomogeneity with Spatially Encoded Noise

A simple NMR experiment capable of providing well resolved spectra under conditions where either radiation damping or static magnetic field inhomogeneity would broaden otherwise high‐resolution NMR spectra is introduced. The approach involves using a strong pulsed magnetic field gradient and a selective radio‐frequency pulse to encode a predetermined noise pattern into the spatial distribution of magnetization. Following readout in a much smaller field gradient, the noise sequence may be deconvolved from the acquired data and a high‐resolution spectrum is obtained, eliminating the effects of either radiation damping or the static field inhomogeneity. In the presence of field inhomogeneity a field map is also obtained from the same single transient. A quasi‐two‐dimensional version of the experiment eliminates the need for deconvolution and produces improved results with simplified processing, but without requiring a full two‐dimensional experiment. Example spectra are shown for both radiation damping and one‐dimensional field inhomogeneity with improvement in linewidths of more than a factor of 40.