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LIQUID STATE OF CARBON PROBED BY ULTRAFAST LASER SPECTROSCOPY. Richard J. Saykally, Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460.
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LIQUID STATE OF CARBON PROBED BY ULTRAFAST LASER SPECTROSCOPY Richard J. Saykally, Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460 A novel experiment for measuring the vibrational spectrum of the liquid state of carbon was designed and constructed. The liquid was prepared by ultrafast laser melting of graphite, and probed by a newly-developed nonlinear optical method (c-CARS). While no CARS signals have yet been detected, preliminary infrared reflectivity experiments reveal the evolution of spectral structure with delay time following melting.