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26 February 2022 Ultrafast impulsive Raman spectroscopy across the terahertz–fingerprint region
Walker Peterson, Julia Gala de Pablo, Matthew Lindley, Kotaro Hiramatsu, Keisuke Goda
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Abstract

Broadband Raman spectroscopy (detection bandwidth >1000  cm  −  1) is a valuable and widely used tool for understanding samples via label-free measurements of their molecular vibrations. Two important Raman spectral regions are the chemically specific “fingerprint” (200 to 1800  cm  −  1) and “low-frequency” or “terahertz” (THz) (<200  cm  −  1; <6  THz) regions, which mostly contain intramolecular and intermolecular vibrations, respectively. These two regions are highly complementary; broadband simultaneous measurement of both regions can provide a big picture comprising information about molecular structures and interactions. Although techniques for acquiring broadband Raman spectra covering both regions have been demonstrated, these methods tend to have spectral acquisition rates <10  spectra  /  s, prohibiting high-speed applications, such as Raman imaging or vibrational detection of transient phenomena. Here, we demonstrate a single-laser method for ultrafast (24,000  spectra  /  s) broadband Raman spectroscopy covering both THz and fingerprint regions. This is achieved by simultaneous detection of Sagnac-enhanced impulsive stimulated Raman scattering (SE-ISRS; THz-sensitive) and Fourier-transform coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (FT-CARS; fingerprint-sensitive). With dual-detection impulsive vibrational spectroscopy, the SE-ISRS signal shows a >500  ×   enhancement of <6.5  THz sensitivity compared with that of FT-CARS, and the FT-CARS signal shows a >10  ×   enhancement of fingerprint sensitivity above 1000  cm  −  1 compared with that of SE-ISRS.

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Walker Peterson, Julia Gala de Pablo, Matthew Lindley, Kotaro Hiramatsu, and Keisuke Goda "Ultrafast impulsive Raman spectroscopy across the terahertz–fingerprint region," Advanced Photonics 4(1), 016003 (26 February 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.4.1.016003
Received: 21 September 2021; Accepted: 12 January 2022; Published: 26 February 2022
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KEYWORDS
Raman spectroscopy

Signal to noise ratio

Signal detection

Terahertz radiation

Ultrafast laser spectroscopy

Optical filters

Spectroscopy

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