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Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Aug 24;109(8):083901. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

Observation of Raman optical activity by heterodyne-detected polarization-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering.

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Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We report the first observation of Raman optical activity (ROA) by coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering. Thanks to the more freedom of polarization configurations in coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering than in spontaneous Raman spectroscopy, the contrast ratio of the chiral signal to the achiral background has been improved markedly. For (-)-β-pinene, it is 2 orders of magnitude better than that in the reported spontaneous ROA measurement. This is also the first measurement of ROA signal using a pulsed laser source.

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