Manipulating impulsive stimulated raman spectroscopy with a chirped probe pulse
Photophysical and photochemical processes are often dominated by molecular vibrations in various electronic states. Dissecting the corresponding -often overlapping- spectroscopic signals from different electronic states is a challenge hampering their interpretation. Here we address impulsive stimulated Raman spectroscopy (ISRS), a powerful technique allowing to coherently stimulate and record Raman active modes using broadband pulses.