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Andrew R Cook1, Yuzhen Shen

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA. acook@bnl.gov

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Area of Science:

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Transient absorption spectroscopy is crucial for studying ultrafast chemical dynamics.
  • Traditional pump-probe methods can be limited by sample damage and require multiple pulses.
  • Developing single-shot techniques is essential for analyzing sensitive or static samples.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a new single-shot transient absorption apparatus utilizing an optical fiber bundle.
  • To demonstrate its application in ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy and pulse radiolysis.
  • To enable high-time-resolution measurements on challenging sample types.

Main Methods:

  • An optical fiber bundle with varying lengths provides sequential optical delays.
  • Simultaneous data acquisition using a charge-coupled device (CCD) detector.

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  • Integration with electron pulses for pulse radiolysis and laser pulses for spectroscopy.

    • Main Results:

    • Achieved a time resolution of 7-10 ps, limited by electron pulse width.
    • Demonstrated a single-shot time window of approximately 1.5 ns.
    • Obtained high-quality data with corrections for spatial overlap variations.

    Conclusions:

    • The single-shot apparatus is effective for ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy and pulse radiolysis.
    • It is particularly valuable for samples that are limited in quantity, viscous, or rigid.
    • This technique minimizes sample damage, offering an advantage over traditional multi-pulse methods.