Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy femtosecond Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy CHMO:0001833 femtosecond Raman induced Kerr effect spectroscopy fs RIKES fs-RIKES Spectroscopy where femtosecond pulses of two polarized laser beams (pump and probe) with a frequency difference close to a Raman-mode frequency in the sample induce a refractive index change in the sample. By scanning the frequency difference of the two beams and recording simultaneously the polarization change of the probe beam, the Raman spectral structure of the sample can be obtained.Information is obtained regarding ultrafast solvent dynamics by measuring the time response of a transient birefringence that is induced in the sample by a polarized femtosecond optical pulse. FRIKES https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5985-7429 2009-05-29T11:30:19Z femtosecond Raman-induced Kerr-effect spectroscopy