Vibrational Kerr Spectroscopy by Jamcs A. Janni B.S. with Distinction, Iowa State University, 1993 Submitted to the Department of Chemistry in Partial Fulfillmentof the Requirements fr the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology June 1998 Copyright Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. Signature of Author artr6t. of Chemistry ,,- ujie 9-, 1998 Certified by /Jeftfy 1. §teinfeld Professor oftChemistry, Thesis Supervisor Certified b Robert W. Field Professor/,gf Chemistry, Thesis Supervisor Accepted b Dietmar Seyferth Chain-nan, Department Committee on Graduate Students S C TE 0 EP 3 1998 4WAYE8
