Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy of shock-compressed liquid carbon monoxide

Vibrational spectra of liquid carbon monoxide shock compressed to several high pressure/high temperature states were recorded using single-pulse multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering. Vibrational frequencies, third-order suceptibility ratios, and linewidths are reported for the fundamental and first excited-state transition. The observed vibrational frequency shift with shock pressure was substantially less than that observed previously in nitrogen, implying a significant difference in the details of their inter- and intramolecular potentials. The transition intensity and linewidth data suggest that thermal equilibrium of the vibrational levels is attained in less than 10 ns at these shock pressures, and the vibrational temperatures obtained are comparable to calculated equation-of-state temperatures. The measured linewidths suggest that the vibrational dephasing time decreased to ∼2 ps at our highest pressure shock state