scholarly journals Widely tunable cavity-enhanced ultrafast spectroscopy

2019 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 01024
Author(s):  
Myles C. Silfies ◽  
Yuning Chen ◽  
Henry Timmers ◽  
Abijith S. Kowligy ◽  
Alex Lind ◽  
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Generation of widely tunable frequency combs in the UV, visible, and infrared is discussed for use in cavity-enhanced transient absorption spectroscopy on gas-phase clusters. Progress towards cavity-enhanced two-dimensional spectroscopy is also presented.

Author(s):  
Myles C. Silfies ◽  
Grzegorz Kowzan ◽  
Neomi Lewis ◽  
Thomas K. Allison

Broadband ultrafast optical spectroscopy methods, such as transient absorption spectroscopy and 2D spectroscopy, are widely used to study molecular dynamics. However, these techniques are typically restricted to optically thick samples,...


Author(s):  
Gerald Auböck ◽  
Cristina Consani ◽  
Frank van Mourik ◽  
Majed Chergui

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunsuke Sato ◽  
Hannes Hübener ◽  
Umberto De Giovannini ◽  
Angel Rubio

We extend the first-principles analysis of attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to two-dimensional materials. As an example of two-dimensional materials, we apply the analysis to monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and compute its transient optical properties under intense few-cycle infrared laser pulses. Nonadiabatic features are observed in the computed transient absorption spectra. To elucidate the microscopic origin of these features, we analyze the electronic structure of h-BN with density functional theory and investigate the dynamics of specific energy bands with a simple two-band model. Finally, we find that laser-induced intraband transitions play a significant role in the transient absorption even for the two-dimensional material and that the nonadiabatic features are induced by the dynamical Franz–Keldysh effect with an anomalous band dispersion.


Author(s):  
Qun Zhang ◽  
Yi Luo

Over the past decade the integration of ultrafast spectroscopy with nanoscience has greatly propelled the development of nanoscience, as the key information gleaned from the mechanistic studies with the assistance of ultrafast spectroscopy enables a deeper understanding of the structure–function interplay and various interactions involved in the nanosystems. This mini-review presents an overview of the recent advances achieved in our ultrafast spectroscopy laboratory that address the ultrafast dynamics and related mechanisms in several representative nanomaterial complex systems by means of femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. We attempt to convey instructive, consistent information regarding the important processes, pathways, dynamics, and interactions involved in the nanomaterial complex systems, most of which exhibit excellent performance in photocatalysis.


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