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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Background:

  • Optical pump-probe spectroscopy is vital for studying non-equilibrium electronic dynamics across diverse scientific fields.
  • Conventional methods suffer from ambiguities due to simultaneous contributions from transmission, reflection, and scattering changes.
  • Accurate interpretation requires direct measurement of the dielectric function to understand transient excited state dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a model-independent approach for converting differential transmission/reflection spectra into quantitative changes in the dielectric function.
  • To enable unambiguous characterization of transient photoexcited spectra in materials.
  • To enhance the utility of pump-probe spectroscopy for materials characterization and screening.

Main Methods:

  • A novel model-independent method is presented to transform optical pump-probe data.
  • Differential transmission and reflection spectra are converted into changes in the dielectric function.
  • The method is benchmarked against time-resolved Frequency Domain Interferometry measurements of the refractive index in semiconductor films.

Main Results:

  • The proposed methodology successfully transforms differential optical spectra into quantitative changes in the dielectric function.
  • Benchmarking confirms the accuracy of the method by comparing with independent refractive index measurements.
  • The approach provides a route to resolve ambiguities inherent in conventional pump-probe analyses.

Conclusions:

  • This work presents a robust method for quantitative analysis of optical pump-probe spectroscopy data.
  • The methodology allows for unambiguous characterization of transient photoexcited spectra, applicable to existing and future datasets.
  • This advancement is expected to accelerate the use of pump-probe spectroscopy as a standard materials characterization tool.