Magnetic resonance analogies in multidimensional vibrational spectroscopy

We survey the principles for the design of multidimensional vibrational spectroscopies that draw upon the analogy with liquid or solid state NMR and EPR spectroscopy. The much faster time-scales and the different energy regime in laser spectroscopy provide additional possibilities that lack magnetic spectroscopy counterparts. We also discuss the notion of through-bond vs through-space couplings between localized vibrations, which are of different nature than in NMR.