Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 103-120

Abstract

Femtosecond, time-resolved, optical-heterodyne detected optical Kerr effect (OHD-OKE) measurements areshown to be a powerful and comprehensive tool for studying the dynamics in molecular liquids. In the experiments the transient polarizability anisotropy of chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide, benzene, benzonitrile and toluene has been measured with 30 fs laser pulses generated by a home-built Ti:sapphire laser system.