Figure 1.
Molecular energy diagrams used for IR, Raman, SFG/DFG and CARS/CSRS spectroscopy. SFG = Sum-Frequency Generation; DFG = Difference-Frequency Generation; CARS = Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering; CSRS = Coherent Stokes Raman Scattering; S = Stokes; AS = Anti-Stokes; Energy level code: e = virtual electronic state, v = vibrational state, g = ground state.