Gerhard Seifert and Heinrich Graener

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Vol. 47, No.4, 397-417 (1999)

The variety of information about ultrafast processes in condensed matter that can be obtained applying picosecond vibrational spectroscopy is discussed on the example of a quite elaborate experimental setup for infrared double resonance spectroscopy; a novel comprehensive single-shot polarization analysis is described. On the basis of experimental data obtained with this system on simple liquids (CHBr₃, CDBr₃, CS₂, CCl₄) and hydrogen-bonded dimers of acetic acid (dissolved in CCl₄) the way of distinguishing desired from non desired signals and the evaluation of the results is demonstrated.