June 2016
Spotlight Summary by Julien Réhault
Fourier transform two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy using an octave-spanning mid-IR probe
Mixed electronic-vibrational (EV) two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopies have a large potential for revealing the coupling between electronic and vibrational states. Most chemical reactions are triggered by ultraviolet or visible excitation and the breaking, or at least the modification, of chemical bonds impacts the vibrational spectra.
In this Optics Letters article, Gaynor and co-authors use state-of-the-art two-dimensional spectroscopy to perform 2D EV. The difficulties inherent to both electronic (phasing) and vibrational spectroscopy (broad spectra and low detectivity) and their combination (complicated phase matching geometry) are solved with brio in this work.
The 2D electronic excitation is realized with a pulse shaper, while the infrared probe has a huge bandwidth (BBIR) covering the most interesting vibrational modes of chemical compounds. Besides the complexity of the experimental scheme, the works leads to high quality spectra.
This type of spectroscopy will raise the interest of people willing to understand the vibrational modes involved in chemical reactions and will lead to a better understanding of ultrafast chemical reactions.
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In this Optics Letters article, Gaynor and co-authors use state-of-the-art two-dimensional spectroscopy to perform 2D EV. The difficulties inherent to both electronic (phasing) and vibrational spectroscopy (broad spectra and low detectivity) and their combination (complicated phase matching geometry) are solved with brio in this work.
The 2D electronic excitation is realized with a pulse shaper, while the infrared probe has a huge bandwidth (BBIR) covering the most interesting vibrational modes of chemical compounds. Besides the complexity of the experimental scheme, the works leads to high quality spectra.
This type of spectroscopy will raise the interest of people willing to understand the vibrational modes involved in chemical reactions and will lead to a better understanding of ultrafast chemical reactions.
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Fourier transform two-dimensional electronic-vibrational spectroscopy using an octave-spanning mid-IR probe
James D. Gaynor, Trevor L. Courtney, Madhumitha Balasubramanian, and Munira Khalil
Opt. Lett. 41(12) 2895-2898 (2016) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF