Photoinduced Kerr rotation spectroscopy for microscopic spin systems using heterodyne detection

<div>Infrared chemical microscopy through mechanical probing of light-matter interactions by atomic force microscopy (AFM) bypasses the diffraction limit. One increasingly popular technique is photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM), which utilizes the mechanical heterodyne signal detection between cantilever mechanical resonant oscillations and the photo induced force from light-matter interaction. So far, photo induced force microscopy has been operated in only one heterodyne configuration. In this article, we generalize heterodyne configurations of photoinduced force microscopy by introducing two new schemes: harmonic heterodyne detection and sequential heterodyne detection. In harmonic heterodyne detection, the laser repetition rate matches integer fractions of the difference between the two mechanical resonant modes of the AFM cantilever. The high harmonic of the beating from the photothermal expansion mixes with the AFM cantilever oscillation to provide PiFM signal. In sequential heterodyne detection, the combination of the repetition rate of laser pulses and polarization modulation frequency matches the difference between two AFM mechanical modes, leading to detectable PiFM signals. These two generalized heterodyne configurations for photo induced force microscopy deliver new avenues for chemical imaging and broadband spectroscopy at ~10 nm spatial resolution. They are suitable for a wide range of heterogeneous materials across various disciplines: from structured polymer film, polaritonic boron nitride materials, to isolated bacterial peptidoglycan cell walls. The generalized heterodyne configurations introduce flexibility for the implementation of PiFM and related tapping mode AFM-IR, and provide possibilities for additional modulation channel in PiFM for targeted signal extraction with nanoscale spatial resolution.</div>

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Homodyne & heterodyne detection

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH) ◽

10.29172/e35e4dc7-4f59-4f46-bea3-93077accdd34 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Heterodyne Detection

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Approximate methods in analysis of NMR spectra. I. Application of perturbation theory to decomposition of many-spin systems

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19683073 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 33 (10) ◽

pp. 3073-3080 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. Sýkora

Keyword(s):

Perturbation Theory ◽

Nmr Spectra ◽

Spin Systems ◽

Approximate Methods

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21,22-Disubstituted 18α,19βH-Ursane Derivatives with Oxabicyclooctane System in Ring E

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19930173 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 173-190 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eva Klinotová ◽

Jiří Klinot ◽

Václav Křeček ◽

Miloš Buděšínský ◽

Bohumil Máca

Keyword(s):

Spectral Data ◽

Spin Systems ◽

Coupling Constants ◽

Complete Analysis ◽

Nmr Spectrum ◽

Proton Proton ◽

H Nmr ◽

Proton Coupling ◽

C Nmr

Reaction of 3β-acetoxy-21,22-dioxo-18α,19βH-ursan-28,20β-olide (IIIa) and 20β,28-epoxy-21,22-dioxo-19α,19βH-ursan-3β-yl acetate (IIIb) with diazomethane afforded derivatives XII-XIV with spiroepoxide group in position 21 or 22, which were further converted into hydroxy derivatives XV and XVII. Ethylene ketals VIII-X were also prepared. In connection with the determination of position and configuration of the functional groups at C(21) and C(22), the 1H and 13C NMR spectral data of the prepared compounds are discussed. Complete analysis of two four-spin systems in the 1H NMR spectrum of bisethylenedioxy derivative Xb led to the proton-proton coupling constants from which the structure with two 1,4-dioxane rings condensed with ring E, and their conformation, was derived.

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