Molecular Spectroscopy of Dynamically Compressed Materials (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
	1.1 Motivation
	1.2 Historical Events
	1.3 Terminology
2 Molecular Spectroscopy Basics
	2.1 Electronic Versus Ro-Vibrational Molecular Information Available
		2.1.1 Electronic Spectroscopies
		2.1.2 Ro-Vibrational Spectroscopies
	2.2 Bandwidth Broadening Mechanisms
		2.2.1 Population Relaxation (t1 Time)
		2.2.2 Dephasing (t2 Time)
		2.2.3 Inhomogeneous Broadening
		2.2.4 Doppler Broadening
	2.3 Hot Bands
		2.3.1 Hot Band Theory
	2.4 Optical Systems
		2.4.1 Lenses
		2.4.2 Mirrors
		2.4.3 Dispersive Optics
		2.4.4 Spectrometers
		2.4.5 Optical Conductance of Spectrometers
	2.5 Laser Fundamentals
		2.5.1 Laser Propagation
3 Dynamic Compression Methods
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Explosively Driven Flyers
	3.3 Gun-Driven Flyers
	3.4 Kolsky/Split-Hopkinson Bar
	3.5 Isentropic Compression
	3.6 Laser Shock Generation
		3.6.1 Direct Drive
		3.6.2 Laser-Driven Flyers
	3.7 Shock to Material Energy Transfer
	3.8 Summary
4 Electronic Molecular Spectroscopy
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 UV–Visible Emission
		4.2.1 Pyrometry
		4.2.2 Molecular Emission
	4.3 UV–Visible Absorption
		4.3.1 Ultrafast Laser Methods
	4.4 Laser-Induced Fluorescence
	4.5 Summary
5 Infrared Molecular Spectroscopy
	5.1 Infrared Absorption
		5.1.1 Time-Resolved Infrared Spectral Photography
		5.1.2 Ultrafast Laser Methods
		5.1.3 Infrared Thin-Film Interference Effects
		5.1.4 Ultrafast Infrared Absorption Methods
	5.2 Other Complications
		5.2.1 Path Integration Through a Shocked Sample
	5.3 Static High-Pressure Infrared Spectroscopy
	5.4 Summary
6 Raman Molecular Spectroscopy
	6.1 Raman Spectroscopy
		6.1.1 Raman Theory
		6.1.2 Experimental Options
		6.1.3 Historical Developments
	6.2 Stokes/Anti-Stokes Raman Temperature Measurement
	6.3 Surface Enhanced Raman
	6.4 Summary
7 Coherent Raman Spectroscopies
	7.1 Coherent Raman Basics
	7.2 Stimulated Raman
		7.2.1 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
	7.3 Stimulated Raman Gain and Loss Spectroscopies
		7.3.1 Stimulated Raman Gain and Loss Temperature Measurement
	7.4 Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman
		7.4.1 Historical Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman (CARS) Shock Compression Experiments
	7.5 Raman-Induced Kerr Effect
	7.6 Interference Methods
	7.7 Sum Frequency Methods
	7.8 Summary
8 X-ray and Neutron Methods
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 X-ray Imaging
	8.3 X-ray Diffraction
		8.3.1 Small Angle Scattering
	8.4 X-ray Spectroscopy
		8.4.1 EXAFS
		8.4.2 XANES
		8.4.3 X-ray Raman
	8.5 Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy
	8.6 Summary
9 Summary
Glossary
References
Index