This volume provides an up-to-date survey of recent advances in coherent scattering spectroscopy. The contributions, written by leading scientists in this field from 13 countries, cover a variety of applications of third-order nonlinear techniques in physics and chemistry.

Inhalt
I New Techniques and Methods.- Infrared Resonant CARS in CH3F.- Hydrogen CARS Spectra Influenced by High Laser Intensities.- Linear and Nonlinear Continuum Resonance Raman Scattering in Diatomic Molecules: Experiment and Theory.- Nonlinear Interferometry.- Evaluation of the CARS Spectra of Linear Molecules in the Keilson-Storer Model.- Resonance-CARS Spectroscopy of Bio-molecules and of Molecules Sensitive to Light.- II High-Resolution Spectroscopy.- High-Resolution CARS-IR Spectroscopy of Spherical Top Molecules.- High Resolution Coherent Raman Spectroscopy: Studies of Molecular Structures.- Collisional Relaxation Processes Studied by Coherent Raman Spectroscopy for Major Species Present in Combustions.- High Resolution Inverse Raman Spectroscopy of Molecular Hydrogen.- High Resolution CARS Spectroscopy with cw Laser Excitation.- III Studies of Nonstationary Processes.- Vibrational Relaxation of IR-Laser-Excited SF6 and SiF4 Molecules Studied by CARS.- Nonlinear Transient Spectroscopy Using Four-Wave Mixing with Broad-Bandwidth Laser Beams.- Application of Single-Pulse Broadband CARS to Shock-Tube Experiments.- Pump-Probe Measurements of Rotational Transfer Rates in N2-N2 Collisions.- Dicke Effect Manifestation in Nonstationary CARS Spectroscopy.- Picosecond Coherent Raman Spectroscopy of Excited Electronic States of Polyene Chromophores.- CARS Application to Monitoring the Rotational and Vibrational Temperatures of Nitrogen in a Rapidly Expanding Supersonic Flow.- IV Selected Applications of Coherent Raman Techniques for Diagnostics of Gaseous and Liquid Media.- CARS Diagnostics of High-Voltage Atmospheric Pressure Discharge in Nitrogen.- CARS in Aerospace Research.- Coherent Rotational and Vibrational Raman Spectroscopy of CO2 Clusters.- Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing in Combustion Diagnostics.- Spatially Resolved CARS in the Study of Local Mixing of Two Liquids in a Reactor.- Pure Rotational CARS for Temperature Measurement in Turbulent Gas Flows.- Coherent Raman Scattering in High-Pressure/High-Temperature Fluids: An Overview.- Index of Contributors.