Introduction: Organic matter in primitive meteorites may have mostly been formed in the interstellar medium [e.g. 1-3]. After formation of the solar system these molecules have been incorporated into the parent bodies of the various primitive meteorites [2]. Subsequent aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism have altered the initially similar set of compounds including their carbonaceous mi...

EARLIER STUDY (1) demonstrated that infrared spectroscopy, utilizing potassium bromide disk preparations, could be effectively applied to identification of inorganic and organic renal tract calculi. The application of this newer and fundamental tool has now been extended to the identification of pathologic concretions arising in other organs and systems. Furthermore, this technic is readily uti...

Simultaneous stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and second harmonic generation (SHG) are demonstrated in periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN). Using a simple single-pass geometry, conversion efficiencies of up to 12% and 19% were observed for the SRS and SHG processes respectively. By changing the PPLN period interacting with the photonic crystal fibre based pump source and varying the PPLN...

We appreciate the authors' comments in their reply: "On the identification of chromosomes with Raman spectroscopy: a critical comment" [Opt. Express 15, 5997 (2007)]. Their main concern with our paper is asking if the collected spectra have shown the identification or differentiation between three human chromosomes. We think this comment is flawed because the authors misunderstood the main poin...

All four solar neutrino experiments (Homestake, Kamiokande, GALLEX, SAGE) observe a deficit of solar neutrinos compared to the predictions of the Standard Solar Model. Additionally, any two of the three classes of solar neutrino experiments indicate that the largest suppression is in the middle of the solar neutrino spectrum (the Be-7 line and the lower part of the B-8 spectrum)[1]. Among these...

As a new two-dimensional layered material, black phosphorus (BP) is a very promising material for nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. We use Raman spectroscopy and first-principles theory to characterize and understand the low-frequency (LF) interlayer breathing modes (<100 cm(-1)) in few-layer BP for the first time. Using a laser polarization dependence study and group theory analysis, the br...

Diffusion-limited reaction A+A→inert with anisotropic hopping on the d = 1 lattice, is solved exactly for a simultaneous updating, discrete time-step dynamics. Diffusion-dominated processes slow down as the anisotropy increases. For large times or large anisotropy, one can invoke the appropriate continuum limits. In these limits the effects of the anisotropy on variation of particle density can...

The temperature dependence of phonon excitations and the presence of spin-phonon coupling in polycrystalline Pr(2)NiMnO(6) samples were studied using micro-Raman spectroscopy and magnetometry. Magnetic properties show a single ferromagnetic-to-paramagnetic transition at 228 K and a saturation magnetization close to 4.95 µ(B)/f.u. Three distinct Raman modes at 657, 642, and 511 cm( - 1) are obse...

The recently developed Coherent Anti-stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) microscopy and Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) microscopy have provided new methods to visualize the localization and regulation of biological molecules without the use of invasive and potentially perturbative labels. They allow rapid imaging of specific molecules with high resolution and sensitivity. These tools have been ef...