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Ma Z, Chen L, Xu C, Fournier JA. Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy of Isolated Molecular Ions. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:9683-9689. [PMID: 37871134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy of mass-selected, cryogenically cooled molecular ions is presented. Nonlinear response pathways, encoded in the time-domain photodissociation action response of weakly bound N2 messenger tags, were isolated using pulse shaping techniques following excitation with four collinear ultrafast IR pulses. 2D IR spectra of Re(CO)3(CH3CN)3+ ions capture off-diagonal cross-peak bleach signals between the asymmetric and symmetric carbonyl stretching transitions. These cross peaks display intensity variations as a function of pump-probe delay time due to coherent coupling between the vibrational modes. Well-resolved 2D IR features in the congested fingerprint region of protonated caffeine (C8H10N4O2H+) are also reported. Importantly, intense cross-peak signals were observed at 3 ps waiting time, indicating that tag-loss dynamics are not competing with the measured nonlinear signals. These demonstrations pave the way for more precise studies of molecular interactions and dynamics that are not easily obtainable with current condensed-phase methodologies.
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- Zifan Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Chen L, Ma Z, Fournier JA. Ultrafast transient vibrational action spectroscopy of cryogenically cooled ions. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:041101. [PMID: 37486043 DOI: 10.1063/5.0155490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Ultrafast transient vibrational action spectra of cryogenically cooled Re(CO)3(CH3CN)3+ ions are presented. Nonlinear spectra were collected in the time domain by monitoring the photodissociation of a weakly bound N2 messenger tag as a function of delay times and phases between a set of three infrared pulses. Frequency-resolved spectra in the carbonyl stretch region show relatively strong bleaching signals that oscillate at the difference frequency between the two observed vibrational features as a function of the pump-probe waiting time. This observation is consistent with the presence of nonlinear pathways resulting from underlying cross-peak signals between the coupled symmetric-asymmetric C≡O stretch pair. The successful demonstration of frequency-resolved ultrafast transient vibrational action spectroscopy of dilute molecular ion ensembles provides an exciting, new framework for the study of molecular dynamics in isolated, complex molecular ion systems.
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- Liangyi Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Marcus AH, Heussman D, Maurer J, Albrecht CS, Herbert P, von Hippel PH. Studies of Local DNA Backbone Conformation and Conformational Disorder Using Site-Specific Exciton-Coupled Dimer Probe Spectroscopy. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2023; 74:245-265. [PMID: 36696590 PMCID: PMC10590263 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-090419-041204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The processes of genome expression, regulation, and repair require direct interactions between proteins and DNA at specific sites located at and near single-stranded-double-stranded DNA (ssDNA-dsDNA) junctions. Here, we review the application of recently developed spectroscopic methods and analyses that combine linear absorbance and circular dichroism spectroscopy with nonlinear 2D fluorescence spectroscopy to study the local conformations and conformational disorder of the sugar-phosphate backbones of ssDNA-dsDNA fork constructs that have been internally labeled with exciton-coupled cyanine (iCy3)2 dimer probes. With the application of these methods, the (iCy3)2 dimer can serve as a reliable probe of the mean local conformations and conformational distributions of the sugar-phosphate backbones of dsDNA at various critical positions. The results of our studies suggest a possible structural framework for understanding the roles of DNA breathing in driving the processes of protein-DNA complex assembly and function.
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- Andrew H Marcus
- Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA;
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA;
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA;
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA;
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA;
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Bangert U, Bruder L, Stienkemeier F. Pulse overlap ambiguities in multiple quantum coherence spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:538-541. [PMID: 36723525 DOI: 10.1364/ol.479881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Coherent two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy probes ultrafast dynamics using femtosecond pulses. In the case where the time scale of the studied dynamics become comparable to the pulse duration, pulse overlap effects may compromise the experimental data. Here, we perform one-dimensional coherence scans and study pulse overlap effects in clean two-level systems. We find parasitic multiple-quantum coherences as a consequence of the arbitrary time ordering during the temporal pulse overlap. Surprisingly, the coherence lifetimes exceed the pulse coherence time by a factor of 1.85. These findings have important implications for the interpretation of higher-order coherent two-dimensional and related spectroscopy experiments.
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Mirzajani N, Keenan CL, Melton SR, King SB. Accurate phase detection in time-domain heterodyne SFG spectroscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:39162-39174. [PMID: 36258463 DOI: 10.1364/oe.473098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Heterodyne detection is a ubiquitous tool in spectroscopy for the simultaneous detection of intensity and phase of light. However, the need for phase stability hinders the application of heterodyne detection to electronic spectroscopy. We present an interferometric design for a phase-sensitive electronic sum frequency generation (e-SFG) spectrometer in the time domain with lock-in detection. Our method of continuous phase modulation of one arm of the interferometer affords direct measurement of the phase between SFG and local oscillator fields. Errors in the path length difference caused by drifts in the optics are corrected, offering unprecedented stability. This spectrometer has the added advantage of collinear fundamental beams. The capabilities of the spectrometer are demonstrated with proof-of-principle experiments with GaAs e-SFG spectra, where we see significantly improved signal to noise ratio, spectral accuracy, and lineshapes.
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Heussman D, Kittell J, von Hippel PH, Marcus AH. Temperature-dependent local conformations and conformational distributions of cyanine dimer labeled single-stranded-double-stranded DNA junctions by 2D fluorescence spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:045101. [PMID: 35105081 PMCID: PMC9448411 DOI: 10.1063/5.0076261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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DNA replication and the related processes of genome expression require binding, assembly, and function of protein complexes at and near single-stranded (ss)-double-stranded (ds) DNA junctions. These central protein-DNA interactions are likely influenced by thermally induced conformational fluctuations of the DNA scaffold across an unknown distribution of functionally relevant states to provide regulatory proteins access to properly conformed DNA binding sites. Thus, characterizing the nature of conformational fluctuations and the associated structural disorder at ss-dsDNA junctions is critical for understanding the molecular mechanisms of these central biological processes. Here, we describe spectroscopic studies of model ss-dsDNA fork constructs that contain dimers of "internally labeled" cyanine (iCy3) chromophore probes that have been rigidly inserted within the sugar-phosphate backbones of the DNA strands. Our combined analyses of absorbance, circular dichroism, and two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy permit us to characterize the local conformational parameters and conformational distributions. We find that the DNA sugar-phosphate backbones undergo abrupt successive changes in their local conformations-initially from a right-handed and ordered DNA state to a disordered splayed-open structure and then to a disordered left-handed conformation-as the dimer probes are moved across the ss-dsDNA junction. Our results suggest that the sugar-phosphate backbones at and near ss-dsDNA junctions adopt specific position-dependent local conformations and exhibit varying extents of conformational disorder that deviate widely from the Watson-Crick structure. We suggest that some of these conformations can function as secondary-structure motifs for interaction with protein complexes that bind to and assemble at these sites.
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- Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Biswas S, Kim J, Zhang X, Scholes GD. Coherent Two-Dimensional and Broadband Electronic Spectroscopies. Chem Rev 2022; 122:4257-4321. [PMID: 35037757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Over the past few decades, coherent broadband spectroscopy has been widely used to improve our understanding of ultrafast processes (e.g., photoinduced electron transfer, proton transfer, and proton-coupled electron transfer reactions) at femtosecond resolution. The advances in femtosecond laser technology along with the development of nonlinear multidimensional spectroscopy enabled further insights into ultrafast energy transfer and carrier relaxation processes in complex biological and material systems. New discoveries and interpretations have led to improved design principles for optimizing the photophysical properties of various artificial systems. In this review, we first provide a detailed theoretical framework of both coherent broadband and two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES). We then discuss a selection of experimental approaches and considerations of 2DES along with best practices for data processing and analysis. Finally, we review several examples where coherent broadband and 2DES were employed to reveal mechanisms of photoinitiated ultrafast processes in molecular, biological, and material systems. We end the review with a brief perspective on the future of the experimental techniques themselves and their potential to answer an even greater range of scientific questions.
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- Somnath Biswas
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08 544, United States
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Chen L, Dean JLS, Fournier JA. Time-Domain Vibrational Action Spectroscopy of Cryogenically Cooled, Messenger-Tagged Ions Using Ultrafast IR Pulses. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10235-10244. [PMID: 34788043 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c01996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herein, we present the initial steps toward developing a framework that will enable the characterization of photoinitiated dynamics within large molecular ions in the gas phase with temporal and energy resolution. We combine the established techniques of tag-loss action spectroscopy on cryogenically trapped molecular ions with ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy by measuring the linear action spectrum of N2-tagged protonated diglycine (GlyGlyH+·N2) with an ultrafast infrared (IR) pulse pair. The presented time-domain data demonstrate that the excited-state vibrational populations in the tagged parent ions are modulated by the ultrafast IR pulse pair and encoded through the messenger tag-loss action response. The Fourier transform of the time-domain action interferograms yields the linear frequency-domain vibrational spectrum of the ion ensemble, and we show that this spectrum matches the linear spectrum collected in a traditional manner using a frequency-resolved IR laser. Time- and frequency-domain interpretations of the data are considered and discussed. Finally, we demonstrate the acquisition of nonlinear signals through cross-polarization pump-probe experiments. These results validate the prerequisite first steps of combining tag-loss action spectroscopy with two-dimensional IR spectroscopy for probing dynamics in gas-phase molecular ions.
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- Liangyi Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 United States
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Agathangelou D, Javed A, Sessa F, Solinas X, Joffre M, Ogilvie JP. Phase-modulated rapid-scanning fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:094201. [PMID: 34496582 DOI: 10.1063/5.0057649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a rapid-scanning approach to fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy that combines acousto-optic phase-modulation with digital lock-in detection. This approach shifts the signal detection window to suppress 1/f laser noise and enables interferometric tracking of the time delays to allow for correction of spectral phase distortions and accurate phasing of the data. This use of digital lock-in detection enables acquisition of linear and nonlinear signals of interest in a single measurement. We demonstrate the method on a laser dye, measuring the linear fluorescence excitation spectrum as well as rephasing, non-rephasing, and absorptive fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic spectra.
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- Damianos Agathangelou
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Uhl D, Bruder L, Stienkemeier F. A flexible and scalable, fully software-based lock-in amplifier for nonlinear spectroscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:083101. [PMID: 34470399 DOI: 10.1063/5.0059740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We demonstrate a cost-effective, fully software-based lock-in amplifier (LIA) implemented on a commercial computer. The device is designed for application in nonlinear spectroscopy, such as transient absorption and coherent multidimensional spectroscopy, but may also be used in any other application. The performance of our device is compared to a state-of-the-art commercial LIA with nearly identical results for both devices. Advantages of our device over commercial hardwired electronic LIAs are the improved flexibility in the data analysis and the possibility of arbitrary up-scaling of the number of LIA channels.
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- D Uhl
- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Ames B, Buchleitner A, Carnio EG, Shatokhin VN. Pulse area dependence of multiple quantum coherence signals in dilute thermal gases. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:044306. [PMID: 34340375 DOI: 10.1063/5.0053673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In the general framework of open quantum systems, we assess the impact of the pulse area on single and double quantum coherence (1QC and 2QC) signals extracted from fluorescence emitted by dilute thermal gases. We show that 1QC and 2QC signals are periodic functions of the pulse area, with distinctive features that reflect the particles' interactions via photon exchange, the polarizations of the laser pulses, and the observation direction.
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- Benedikt Ames
- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Tiwari V. Multidimensional electronic spectroscopy in high-definition-Combining spectral, temporal, and spatial resolutions. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:230901. [PMID: 34241275 DOI: 10.1063/5.0052234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Over the past two decades, coherent multidimensional spectroscopies have been implemented across the terahertz, infrared, visible, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A combination of coherent excitation of several resonances with few-cycle pulses, and spectral decongestion along multiple spectral dimensions, has enabled new insights into wide ranging molecular scale phenomena, such as energy and charge delocalization in natural and artificial light-harvesting systems, hydrogen bonding dynamics in monolayers, and strong light-matter couplings in Fabry-Pérot cavities. However, measurements on ensembles have implied signal averaging over relevant details, such as morphological and energetic inhomogeneity, which are not rephased by the Fourier transform. Recent extension of these spectroscopies to provide diffraction-limited spatial resolution, while maintaining temporal and spectral information, has been exciting and has paved a way to address several challenging questions by going beyond ensemble averaging. The aim of this Perspective is to discuss the technological developments that have eventually enabled spatially resolved multidimensional electronic spectroscopies and highlight some of the very recent findings already made possible by introducing spatial resolution in a powerful spectroscopic tool.
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- Vivek Tiwari
- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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Wituschek A, Bruder L, Allaria E, Bangert U, Binz M, Callegari C, Cinquegrana P, Danailov M, Demidovich A, Di Fraia M, Feifel R, Laarmann T, Michiels R, Mudrich M, Nikolov I, Piseri P, Plekan O, Charles Prince K, Przystawik A, Rebernic Ribič P, Sigalotti P, Stranges S, Uhl D, Giannessi L, Stienkemeier F. High-gain harmonic generation with temporally overlapping seed pulses and application to ultrafast spectroscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:29976-29990. [PMID: 33114885 DOI: 10.1364/oe.401249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Collinear double-pulse seeding of the High-Gain Harmonic Generation (HGHG) process in a free-electron laser (FEL) is a promising approach to facilitate various coherent nonlinear spectroscopy schemes in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral range. However, in collinear arrangements using a single nonlinear medium, temporally overlapping seed pulses may introduce nonlinear mixing signals that compromise the experiment at short time delays. Here, we investigate these effects in detail by extending the analysis described in a recent publication (Wituschek et al., Nat. Commun., 11, 883, 2020). High-order fringe-resolved autocorrelation and wave packet interferometry experiments at photon energies > 23 eV are performed, accompanied by numerical simulations. It turns out that both the autocorrelation and the wave-packet interferometry data are very sensitive to saturation effects and can thus be used to characterize saturation in the HGHG process. Our results further imply that time-resolved spectroscopy experiments are feasible even for time delays smaller than the seed pulse duration.
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Wigner Time-Delay and Distribution for Polarization Interaction in Strongly Coupled Semiclassical Plasmas. ENTROPY 2020; 22:e22090910. [PMID: 33286679 PMCID: PMC7597152 DOI: 10.3390/e22090910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The quantum effect on the Wigner time-delay and distribution for the polarization scattering in a semiclassical dense plasma is explored. The partial wave analysis is applied for a partially ionized dense plasma to derive the phase shift for the polarization interaction. The Wigner time-delay and the Wigner distribution are derived for the electron–atom polarization interaction including the effects of quantum-mechanical characteristic and plasma screening. In this work, we show that the Wigner time-delay and the Wigner distribution for the polarization interaction can be suppressed by the quantum effect. The Wigner time-delay and the Wigner distribution are also significantly suppressed by the increase of plasma shielding. The variation of the Wigner time-delay and the Wigner distribution function due to quantum screening is discussed.
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Tamimi A, Landes T, Lavoie J, Raymer MG, Marcus AH. Fluorescence-detected Fourier transform electronic spectroscopy by phase-tagged photon counting. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:25194-25214. [PMID: 32907046 DOI: 10.1364/oe.400245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fluorescence-detected Fourier transform (FT) spectroscopy is a technique in which the relative paths of an optical interferometer are controlled to excite a material sample, and the ensuing fluorescence is detected as a function of the interferometer path delay and relative phase. A common approach to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in these experiments is to apply a continuous phase sweep to the relative optical path, and to detect the resulting modulated fluorescence using a phase-sensitive lock-in amplifier. In many important situations, the fluorescence signal is too weak to be measured using a lock-in amplifier, so that photon counting techniques are preferred. Here we introduce an approach to low-signal fluorescence-detected FT spectroscopy, in which individual photon counts are assigned to a modulated interferometer phase ('phase-tagged photon counting,' or PTPC), and the resulting data are processed to construct optical spectra. We studied the fluorescence signals of a molecular sample excited resonantly by a pulsed coherent laser over a range of photon flux and visibility levels. We compare the performance of PTPC to standard lock-in detection methods and establish the range of signal parameters over which meaningful measurements can be carried out. We find that PTPC generally outperforms the lock-in detection method, with the dominant source of measurement uncertainty being associated with the statistics of the finite number of samples of the photon detection rate.
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Kiessling AJ, Cina JA. Monitoring the evolution of intersite and interexciton coherence in electronic excitation transfer via wave-packet interferometry. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:244311. [PMID: 32610990 DOI: 10.1063/5.0008766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We detail an experimental strategy for tracking the generation and time-development of electronic coherence within the singly excited manifold of an energy-transfer dimer. The technique requires that the two monomers have nonparallel electronic transition-dipole moments and that these possess fixed orientations in space. It makes use of two-dimensional wave-packet interferometry (WPI or whoopee) measurements in which the A, B, C, and D pulses have respective polarizations e, e, e, and e'. In the case of energy-transfer coupling that is weak or strong compared to electronic-nuclear interactions, it is convenient to follow the evolution of intersite or interexciton coherence, respectively. Under weak coupling, e could be perpendicular to the acceptor chromophore's transition dipole moment and the unit vector e' would be perpendicular to the donor's transition dipole. Under strong coupling, e could be perpendicular to the ground-to-excited transition dipole to the lower exciton level and e' would be perpendicular to the ground-to-excited transition dipole to the upper exciton level. If the required spatial orientation can be realized for an entire ensemble, experiments of the kind proposed could be performed by either conventional four-wave-mixing or fluorescence-detected WPI methods. Alternatively, fluorescence-detected whoopee experiments of this kind could be carried out on a single energy-transfer dimer of fixed orientation. We exhibit detailed theoretical expressions for the desired WPI signal, explain the physical origin of electronic coherence detection, and show calculated observed-coherence signals for model dimers with one, two, or three internal vibrational modes per monomer and both weak and strong energy-transfer coupling.
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- Alexis J Kiessling
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Tracking attosecond electronic coherences using phase-manipulated extreme ultraviolet pulses. Nat Commun 2020; 11:883. [PMID: 32060288 PMCID: PMC7021897 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14721-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The recent development of ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) coherent light sources bears great potential for a better understanding of the structure and dynamics of matter. Promising routes are advanced coherent control and nonlinear spectroscopy schemes in the XUV energy range, yielding unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. However, their implementation has been hampered by the experimental challenge of generating XUV pulse sequences with precisely controlled timing and phase properties. In particular, direct control and manipulation of the phase of individual pulses within an XUV pulse sequence opens exciting possibilities for coherent control and multidimensional spectroscopy, but has not been accomplished. Here, we overcome these constraints in a highly time-stabilized and phase-modulated XUV-pump, XUV-probe experiment, which directly probes the evolution and dephasing of an inner subshell electronic coherence. This approach, avoiding any XUV optics for direct pulse manipulation, opens up extensive applications of advanced nonlinear optics and spectroscopy at XUV wavelengths.
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Kühn O, Mančal T, Pullerits T. Interpreting Fluorescence Detected Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:838-842. [PMID: 32024369 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- Oliver Kühn
- Institute of Physics , University of Rostock , Albert Einstein Strasse 23-24 , 18059 Rostock , Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics , Charles University in Prague , Ke Karlovu 5 , CZ-121 16 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Physics and NanoLund , Lund University , P.O. Box 124, 22100 Lund , Sweden
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Heussman D, Kittell J, Kringle L, Tamimi A, von Hippel PH, Marcus AH. Measuring local conformations and conformational disorder of (Cy3) 2 dimer labeled DNA fork junctions using absorbance, circular dichroism and two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy. Faraday Discuss 2019; 216:211-235. [PMID: 31038134 DOI: 10.1039/c8fd00245b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA near single-stranded (ss)-double-stranded (ds) junctions likely fluctuates within a broad distribution of conformations to permit the proper binding of genome regulatory proteins that function at these sites. In this work we use absorbance, circular dichroism (CD), and two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy (2DFS) to study the local conformations and conformational disorder within chromophore-labeled DNA constructs. These constructs employ dimers of the fluorescent chromophore Cy3 that are site-specifically incorporated into the sugar-phosphate backbones of DNA strands at ss-ds DNA fork junctions. We show that these data can be analyzed to determine the local conformations of the (Cy3)2 dimer, and the degree of conformational disorder. Our analysis employs an essential-state Holstein-Frenkel Hamiltonian model, which takes into account the internal electronic-vibrational motions within each Cy3 chromophore, and the resonant electronic interaction that couples the two chromophores together. Our results suggest that this approach may be applied generally to understand local backbone conformation and conformational disorder at ss-ds DNA fork junctions.
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- Dylan Heussman
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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Diederich GM, Siemens ME. Absolute phase calibration in phase-modulated multidimensional coherent spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2019; 44:3054-3057. [PMID: 31199379 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.003054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Establishing the correct phase in multidimensional coherent spectroscopy (MDCS) experiments is critical because the interpretation of quantum pathways is based on the phase of their associated spectral features but is not trivial because the phase introduced by experimental conditions can contaminate the signal. Most phase-modulated MDCS (PM-MDCS) experiments study molecular systems for which the spectra can be phased to produce absorptive lineshapes, but this assumption of absorptive lineshapes can break down in more complicated systems. We present a robust technique for correcting the phase in PM-MDCS experiments and demonstrate accurate spectrum phasing for an anharmonic system.
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Kalaee AAS, Damtie F, Karki KJ. Differentiation of True Nonlinear and Incoherent Mixing of Linear Signals in Action-Detected 2D Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:4119-4124. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Mathematical Physics and NanoLund, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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Wituschek A, Bruder L, Klein LS, Strucka J, Demidovich A, Danailov MB, Stienkemeier F. Stable interferometric platform for phase modulation of seeded free-electron lasers. OPTICS LETTERS 2019; 44:943-946. [PMID: 30768026 DOI: 10.1364/ol.44.000943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present a compact phase modulation setup designed for high laser intensities sufficient to drive highly nonlinear processes, such as high-gain harmonic generation in seeded free-electron lasers. This paves the way for all-extreme-ultravioloet coherent nonlinear spectroscopy. The high linearity, phase stability, and sensitivity of the setup are demonstrated by probing the quantum interference of electronic wave packets in the deep ultraviolet region (268 nm) combined with photoion time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
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Bruder L, Eisfeld A, Bangert U, Binz M, Jakob M, Uhl D, Schulz-Weiling M, Grant ER, Stienkemeier F. Delocalized excitons and interaction effects in extremely dilute thermal ensembles. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:2276-2282. [PMID: 30443651 PMCID: PMC6369671 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05851b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Long-range interparticle interactions are revealed in extremely dilute thermal atomic ensembles using highly sensitive nonlinear femtosecond spectroscopy. Delocalized excitons are detected in the atomic systems at particle densities where the mean interatomic distance (>10 μm) is much greater than the laser wavelength and multi-particle coherences should destructively interfere over the ensemble average. With a combined experimental and theoretical analysis, we identify an effective interaction mechanism, presumably of dipolar nature, as the origin of the excitonic signals. Our study implies that even in highly-dilute thermal atom ensembles, significant transition dipole-dipole interaction networks may form that require advanced modeling beyond the nearest neighbor approximation to quantitatively capture the details of their many-body properties.
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- Lukas Bruder
- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Bruder L, Binz M, Stienkemeier F. Phase-synchronous undersampling in nonlinear spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:875-878. [PMID: 29444016 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.000875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We introduce the concept of phase-synchronous undersampling in nonlinear spectroscopy. The respective theory is presented and validated experimentally in a phase-modulated quantum beat experiment by sampling high phase modulation frequencies with low laser repetition rates. The advantage of undersampling in terms of signal quality and reduced acquisition time is demonstrated, and breakdown conditions are identified. The presented method is particularly beneficial for experimental setups with limited signal/detection rates.
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Grégoire P, Srimath Kandada AR, Vella E, Tao C, Leonelli R, Silva C. Incoherent population mixing contributions to phase-modulation two-dimensional coherent excitation spectra. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:114201. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4994987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Pascal Grégoire
- Département de physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7,
Canada
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- Département de physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7,
Canada
- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Giovanni Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano,
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta,
Georgia 30332, USA
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- Département de physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7,
Canada
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Giovanni Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano,
Italy
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- Département de physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7,
Canada
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- Département de physique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7,
Canada
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta,
Georgia 30332, USA
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Bennett K, Rouxel JR, Mukamel S. Linear and nonlinear frequency- and time-domain spectroscopy with multiple frequency combs. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:094304. [PMID: 28886652 DOI: 10.1063/1.5000375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Two techniques that employ equally spaced trains of optical pulses to map an optical high frequency into a low frequency modulation of the signal that can be detected in real time are compared. The development of phase-stable optical frequency combs has opened up new avenues to metrology and spectroscopy. The ability to generate a series of frequency spikes with precisely controlled separation permits a fast, highly accurate sampling of the material response. Recently, pairs of frequency combs with slightly different repetition rates have been utilized to down-convert material susceptibilities from the optical to microwave regime where they can be recorded in real time. We show how this one-dimensional dual comb technique can be extended to multiple dimensions by using several combs. We demonstrate how nonlinear susceptibilities can be quickly acquired using this technique. In a second class of techniques, sequences of ultrafast mode locked laser pulses are used to recover pathways of interactions contributing to nonlinear susceptibilities by using a photo-acoustic modulation varying along the sequences. We show that these techniques can be viewed as a time-domain analog of the multiple frequency comb scheme.
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- Kochise Bennett
- Chemistry Department and Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA
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- Chemistry Department and Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA
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- Chemistry Department and Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA
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Seiler H, Palato S, Kambhampati P. Coherent multi-dimensional spectroscopy at optical frequencies in a single beam with optical readout. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:094203. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4990500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Wright JC. Applications of the New Family of Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopies for Analytical Chemistry. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2017; 10:45-70. [PMID: 28375700 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A new family of vibrational and electronic spectroscopies has emerged, comprising the coherent analogs of traditional analytical methods. These methods are also analogs of coherent multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. This new family is based on creating the same quantum mechanical superposition states called multiple quantum coherences (MQCs). NMR MQCs are mixtures of nuclear spin states that retain their quantum mechanical phase information for milliseconds. The MQCs in this new family are mixtures of vibrational and electronic states that retain their phases for picoseconds or shorter times. Ultrafast, high-intensity coherent beams rapidly excite multiple states. The excited MQCs then emit bright beams while they retain their phases. Time-domain methods measure the frequencies of the MQCs by resolving their phase oscillations, whereas frequency-domain methods measure the resonance enhancements of the output beam while scanning the excitation frequencies. The resulting spectra provide multidimensional spectral signatures that increase the spectroscopic selectivity required for analyzing complex samples.
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- John C Wright
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706;
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Bruder L, Bangert U, Stienkemeier F. Phase-modulated harmonic light spectroscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:5302-5315. [PMID: 28380793 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.005302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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By combining phase-modulated nonlinear spectroscopy with second harmonic generation, the concept of phase-modulated harmonic light spectroscopy is introduced. Simultaneous spectroscopy with different harmonics of the light is demonstrated and linear and nonlinear excitation of the spectroscopic sample is investigated. Sum frequency generation and stray light effects during temporal pulse overlap have been evaluated in detail, accompanied by simulations. The presented work provides a promising concept to facilitate coherent nonlinear time-domain spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength regime and contributes valuable insights for future studies in this direction.
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Wright JC. Analytical chemistry, multidimensional spectral signatures, and the future of coherent multidimensional spectroscopy. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Jarvis TW. Extending lock-in methods: term isolation detection of nonlinear signals. APPLIED OPTICS 2016; 55:5846-5854. [PMID: 27505362 DOI: 10.1364/ao.55.005846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We show that components of a nonlinear signal can be measured using phase-sensitive detection at unconventional demodulation frequencies, allowing us to isolate individual terms from the signal. To demonstrate this technique, autocorrelation measurements of an ultrafast pulsed laser were performed using two-photon absorption. In this example, the isolation of individual autocorrelation terms may provide internal consistency checks to improve the precision and accuracy of pulse characterization. More generally, this scheme can be extended to a range of nonlinear measurements. As a demonstration, we analyze a three-photon autocorrelation model, showing that many nonlinear signals can be studied with this method. We anticipate that term isolation detection will find application in a broad range of experiments, such as multidimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy or coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy.
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Mukamel S. Communication: The origin of many-particle signals in nonlinear optical spectroscopy of non-interacting particles. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:041102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4960049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Shaul Mukamel
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Bruder L, Mudrich M, Stienkemeier F. Phase-modulated electronic wave packet interferometry reveals high resolution spectra of free Rb atoms and Rb*He molecules. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:23877-85. [PMID: 26309123 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03868e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Phase-modulated wave packet interferometry is combined with mass-resolved photoion detection to investigate rubidium atoms attached to helium nanodroplets in a molecular beam experiment. The spectra of atomic Rb electronic states show a vastly enhanced sensitivity and spectral resolution when compared to conventional pump-probe wave packet interferometry. Furthermore, the formation of Rb*He exciplex molecules is probed and for the first time a fully resolved vibrational spectrum for transitions between the lowest excited 5Π3/2 and the high-lying electronic states 2(2)Π, 4(2)Δ, 6(2)Σ is obtained and compared to theory. The feasibility of applying coherent multidimensional spectroscopy to dilute cold gas phase samples is demonstrated in these experiments.
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- Lukas Bruder
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Pachón LA, Marcus AH, Aspuru-Guzik A. Quantum process tomography by 2D fluorescence spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:212442. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4919954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Leonardo A. Pachón
- Grupo de Física Atómica y Molecular, Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA; Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oregon Center for Optics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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De AK, Monahan D, Dawlaty JM, Fleming GR. Two-dimensional fluorescence-detected coherent spectroscopy with absolute phasing by confocal imaging of a dynamic grating and 27-step phase-cycling. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:194201. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4874697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Nardin G, Autry TM, Silverman KL, Cundiff ST. Multidimensional coherent photocurrent spectroscopy of a semiconductor nanostructure. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:28617-27. [PMID: 24514373 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.028617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Multidimensional Coherent Optical Photocurrent Spectroscopy (MD-COPS) is implemented using unstabilized interferometers. Photocurrent from a semiconductor sample is generated using a sequence of four excitation pulses in a collinear geometry. Each pulse is frequency shifted by a unique radio frequency through acousto-optical modulation; the Four-Wave Mixing (FWM) signal is then selected in the frequency domain. The interference of an auxiliary continuous wave laser, which is sent through the same interferometers as the excitation pulses, is used to synthesize reference frequencies for lock-in detection of the photocurrent FWM signal. This scheme enables the partial compensation of mechanical fluctuations in the setup, achieving sufficient phase stability without the need for active stabilization. The method intrinsically provides both the real and imaginary parts of the FWM signal as a function of inter-pulse delays. This signal is subsequently Fourier transformed to create a multi-dimensional spectrum. Measurements made on the excitonic resonance in a double InGaAs quantum well embedded in a p-i-n diode demonstrate the technique.
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Perdomo-Ortiz A, Widom JR, Lott GA, Aspuru-Guzik A, Marcus AH. Conformation and electronic population transfer in membrane-supported self-assembled porphyrin dimers by 2D fluorescence spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:10757-70. [PMID: 22882118 DOI: 10.1021/jp305916x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy (2D FS) is applied to determine the conformation and femtosecond electronic population transfer in a dimer of magnesium meso tetraphenylporphyrin. The dimers are prepared by self-assembly of the monomer within the amphiphilic regions of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine liposomes. A theoretical framework to describe 2D FS experiments is presented, and a direct comparison is made between the observables of this measurement and those of 2D electronic spectroscopy (2D ES). The sensitivity of the method to varying dimer conformation is explored. A global multivariable fitting analysis of linear and 2D FS data indicates that the dimer adopts a "bent T-shaped" conformation. Moreover, the manifold of singly excited excitons undergoes rapid electronic dephasing and downhill population transfer on the time scale of ∼95 fs. The open conformation of the dimer suggests that its self-assembly is favored by an increase in entropy of the local membrane environment.
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- Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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Biggs JD, Voll JA, Mukamel S. Coherent nonlinear optical studies of elementary processes in biological complexes: diagrammatic techniques based on the wave function versus the density matrix. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2012; 370:3709-27. [PMID: 22753822 PMCID: PMC3385674 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Two types of diagrammatic approaches for the design and simulation of nonlinear optical experiments (closed-time path loops based on the wave function and double-sided Feynman diagrams for the density matrix) are presented and compared. We give guidelines for the assignment of relevant pathways and provide rules for the interpretation of existing nonlinear experiments in carotenoids.
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HAN YONGCHANG, YUAN KAIJUN, CONG SHULIN. CONTROLLING WAVE PACKET INTERFERENCE OF DISSOCIATING MOLECULES BY SHAPING LASER PULSES IN FREQUENCY DOMAIN. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633608004453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The interference of dissociating wave packets for the Br 2 molecule in femtosecond laser field is studied theoretically using time-dependent quantum wave packet method. The interference of dissociating wave packets can be determined by the spectrum of laser field. By shaping laser pulses in frequency domain, the corresponding R- and v-dependent density functions can be effectively controlled. Compared with the 2-pulse excitation scheme, the resolution of the interference patterns can be improved by using 3- and 4-pulse excitation schemes. The dissociating velocity can be steered by varying laser parameters.
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- YONG-CHANG HAN
- Department of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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Rahav S, Mukamel S. Multidimensional optical spectroscopy of a single molecule in a current-carrying state. J Chem Phys 2011; 133:244106. [PMID: 21197975 DOI: 10.1063/1.3517218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The nonlinear optical signals from an open system consisting of a molecule connected to metallic leads, in response to a sequence of impulsive pulses, are calculated using a superoperator formalism. Two detection schemes are considered: coherent stimulated emission and incoherent fluorescence. The two provide similar but not identical information. The necessary superoperator correlation functions are evaluated either by converting them to ordinary (Hilbert space) operators which are then expanded in many-body states, or by using Wick's theorem for superoperators to factorize them into nonequilibrium two point Green's functions. As an example we discuss a stimulated Raman process that shows resonances involving two different charge states of the molecule in the same signal.
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- S Rahav
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Ohshima Y, Hasegawa H. Coherent rotational excitation by intense nonresonant laser fields. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2010.511769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Katsuki H, Chiba H, Meier C, Girard B, Ohmori K. Wave packet interferometry with attosecond precision and picometric structure. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:5189-98. [PMID: 20405071 DOI: 10.1039/b927518e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wave packet (WP) interferometry is applied to the vibrational WPs of the iodine molecule. Interference fringes of quantum waves weave highly regular space-time images called "quantum carpets." The structure of the carpet has picometre and femtosecond resolutions, and changes drastically depending on the amplitudes and phases of the vibrational eigenstates composing the WP. In this review, we focus on the situation where quantum carpets are created by two counter-propagating nuclear vibrational WPs. Such WPs can be prepared with either a single or double femtosecond (fs) laser pulse. In the single pulse scheme, the relevant situation appears around the half revival time. Similar situations can be generated with a pair of fs laser pulses whose relative phase is stabilized on the attosecond time scale. In the latter case we can design the quantum carpet by controlling the timing between the phase-locked pulses. We demonstrate this carpet design and visualize the designed carpets by the fs pump-probe measurements, tuning the probe wavelength to resolve the WP density-distribution along the internuclear axis with ~3 pm spatial resolution and ~100 fs temporal resolution.
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- Hiroyuki Katsuki
- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
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Biggs JD, Cina JA. Using wave-packet interferometry to monitor the external vibrational control of electronic excitation transfer. J Chem Phys 2010; 131:224101. [PMID: 20001018 DOI: 10.1063/1.3257596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We investigate the control of electronic energy transfer in molecular dimers through the preparation of specific vibrational coherences prior to electronic excitation, and its observation by nonlinear wave-packet interferometry (nl-WPI). Laser-driven coherent nuclear motion can affect the instantaneous resonance between site-excited electronic states and thereby influence short-time electronic excitation transfer (EET). We first illustrate this control mechanism with calculations on a dimer whose constituent monomers undergo harmonic vibrations. We then consider the use of nl-WPI experiments to monitor the nuclear dynamics accompanying EET in general dimer complexes following impulsive vibrational excitation by a subresonant control pulse (or control pulse sequence). In measurements of this kind, two pairs of polarized phase-related femtosecond pulses following the control pulse generate superpositions of coherent nuclear wave packets in optically accessible electronic states. Interference contributions to the time- and frequency-integrated fluorescence signals due to overlaps among the superposed wave packets provide amplitude-level information on the nuclear and electronic dynamics. We derive the basic expression for a control-pulse-dependent nl-WPI signal. The electronic transition moments of the constituent monomers are assumed to have a fixed relative orientation, while the overall orientation of the complex is distributed isotropically. We include the limiting case of coincident arrival by pulses within each phase-related pair in which control-influenced nl-WPI reduces to a fluorescence-detected pump-probe difference experiment. Numerical calculations of pump-probe signals based on these theoretical expressions are presented in the following paper [J. D. Biggs and J. A. Cina, J. Chem. Phys. 131, 224302 (2009)].
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- Jason D Biggs
- Department of Chemistry and Oregon Center for Optics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Hasegawa H, Ohshima Y. Quantum state reconstruction of a rotational wave packet created by a nonresonant intense femtosecond laser field. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:053002. [PMID: 18764388 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.053002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We have experimentally determined the amplitudes and phases of a rotational wave packet in an adiabatically cooled benzene molecule, created by a nonresonant intense femtosecond laser field. In this wave-packet reconstruction, the initial wave packet is further interfered by a replica of the first laser pulse, and the resultant modulation in population is observed in a state-resolved manner. Though several states with different nuclear-spin modifications are populated in the initial condition, a single wave packet created from one of them (with J=0) is specifically reconstructed. Phase shifts characteristic of stepwise Raman excitation beyond the perturbative regime are experimentally identified.
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- Hirokazu Hasegawa
- Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan
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Cina JA. Wave-Packet Interferometry and Molecular State Reconstruction: Spectroscopic Adventures on the Left-Hand Side of the Schrödinger Equation. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2008; 59:319-42. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.59.032607.093753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jeffrey A. Cina
- Department of Chemistry and Oregon Center for Optics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403;
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- Minhaeng Cho
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Multidimensional Spectroscopy, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea.
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Tekavec PF, Lott GA, Marcus AH. Fluorescence-detected two-dimensional electronic coherence spectroscopy by acousto-optic phase modulation. J Chem Phys 2008; 127:214307. [PMID: 18067357 DOI: 10.1063/1.2800560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Two-dimensional electronic coherence spectroscopy (ECS) is an important method to study the coupling between distinct optical modes of a material system. Such studies often involve excitation using a sequence of phased ultrashort laser pulses. In conventional approaches, the delays between pulse temporal envelopes must be precisely monitored or maintained. Here, we introduce a new experimental scheme for phase-selective nonlinear ECS, which combines acousto-optic phase modulation with ultrashort laser excitation to produce intensity modulated nonlinear fluorescence signals. We isolate specific nonlinear signal contributions by synchronous detection, with respect to appropriately constructed references. Our method effectively decouples the relative temporal phases from the pulse envelopes of a collinear train of four sequential pulses. We thus achieve a robust and high signal-to-noise scheme for phase-selective ECS to investigate the resonant nonlinear optical response of photoluminescent systems. We demonstrate the validity of our method using a model quantum three-level system-atomic Rb vapor. Moreover, we show how our measurements determine the resonant complex-valued third-order susceptibility.
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- Patrick F Tekavec
- Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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Rhee H, Ha JH, Jeon SJ, Cho M. Femtosecond spectral interferometry of optical activity: Theory. J Chem Phys 2008; 129:094507. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2968130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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