Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in liquid water and ice Ih using Nd:YAG laser is investigated. The spectrum of backward SRS (BSRS) in water is acquired. The spectrum shows an unexpected SRS peak at around besides the normal peak, which is similar to the spontaneous Raman spectrum of ice VII. The ice VII phase will be formed by laser-induced shock compression in liquid water. Simultaneously, unlike the spontaneous Raman spectrum, the pre-resonance SRS of ice Ih at around 3110 and is observed. The Raman peaks appeared in liquid water and ice Ih are attributed to the effect of strong and weak hydrogen bonds (H bonds), which should be ubiquitous in other ice phases.
Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) from ice-VIII was investigated using shock-induced compression (SIC) generated by laser-induced breakdown in liquid water. Three backward SRS peaks of OH stretching vibrations and one backward SRS characteristic peak of lattice translation were observed. The SRS spectra indicated that the ice-VIII structure is formed by SIC, as the trajectory of the SIC passes through the stable pressure-temperature range of ice-VIII. The static electric field generated by electron jets protects proton-ordered structure. The laser-induced shock wave mechanism is also discussed.
1 May 2018 in Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy