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Kinigstein ED, Otolski C, Jennings G, Doumy G, Walko DA, Zuo X, Guo J, March AM, Zhang X. Asynchronous x-ray multiprobe data acquisition for x-ray transient absorption spectroscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:014714. [PMID: 36725554 DOI: 10.1063/5.0100596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Laser pump X-ray Transient Absorption (XTA) spectroscopy offers unique insights into photochemical and photophysical phenomena. X-ray Multiprobe data acquisition (XMP DAQ) is a technique that acquires XTA spectra at thousands of pump-probe time delays in a single measurement, producing highly self-consistent XTA spectral dynamics. In this work, we report two new XTA data acquisition techniques that leverage the high performance of XMP DAQ in combination with High Repetition Rate (HRR) laser excitation: HRR-XMP and Asynchronous X-ray Multiprobe (AXMP). HRR-XMP uses a laser repetition rate up to 200 times higher than previous implementations of XMP DAQ and proportionally increases the data collection efficiency at each time delay. This allows HRR-XMP to acquire more high-quality XTA data in less time. AXMP uses a frequency mismatch between the laser and x-ray pulses to acquire XTA data at a flexibly defined set of pump-probe time delays with a spacing down to a few picoseconds. AXMP introduces a novel pump-probe synchronization concept that acquires data in clusters of time delays. The temporally inhomogeneous distribution of acquired data improves the attainable signal statistics at early times, making the AXMP synchronization concept useful for measuring sub-nanosecond dynamics with photon-starved techniques like XTA. In this paper, we demonstrate HRR-XMP and AXMP by measuring the laser-induced spectral dynamics of dilute aqueous solutions of Fe(CN)6 4- and [FeII(bpy)3]2+ (bpy: 2,2'-bipyridine), respectively.
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- Eli Diego Kinigstein
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94702, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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Antonucci L, Solinas X, Bonvalet A, Joffre M. Electronic measurement of femtosecond time delays for arbitrary-detuning asynchronous optical sampling. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:18251-18260. [PMID: 32680025 DOI: 10.1364/oe.393887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Arbitrary-Detuning ASynchronous OPtical Sampling (ADASOPS) is a pump-probe technique which relies on the stability of femtosecond oscillators. It provides access to a multiscale time window ranging up to millisecond, combined with a sub-picosecond time resolution. In contrast with the first ADASOPS demonstration based on the interferometric detection of coincidences between optical pulses, we show here that the optical setup can now be reduced to a mere pair of photodetectors embedded in a specially-designed electronic system. In analogy with super-resolution methods used in optical microscopy for localizing single emitters beyond the diffraction limit, we demonstrate that purely electronic means allow the determination of time delays between each pump-probe pulse pair with a standard deviation as small as 200 fs. The new method is shown to be simpler, more versatile and more accurate than the coincidence-based approach.
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Solinas X, Antonucci L, Bonvalet A, Joffre M. Multiscale control and rapid scanning of time delays ranging from picosecond to millisecond. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:17811-17819. [PMID: 28789272 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.017811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Femtosecond amplifiers seeded by two independent femtosecond oscillators normally produce amplified pulse pairs with a timing jitter equal to the oscillator period, which is typically around 12 ns for Titanium:Sapphire lasers. Combining Arbitrary-Detuning Asynchronous Optical Sampling (AD-ASOPS) with an appropriate selection of amplified pulses, we demonstrate that the time-delay distribution can be narrowed down to a 25-ps time window, allowing to produce spectral interference fringes for each amplified pulse pair. Subsequent AD-ASOPS determination of the actual time delay with subpicosecond accuracy allows to tailor the delay distribution with an electronic control all the way to the repetition period of the amplifiers. We thus demonstrate rapid scanning of the time delays up to nearly 1 ms with a sub-picosecond accuracy, which makes this method an ideal tool for multiscale pump-probe spectroscopy.
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Antonucci L, Bonvalet A, Solinas X, Daniault L, Joffre M. Arbitrary-detuning asynchronous optical sampling with amplified laser systems. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:27931-27940. [PMID: 26480451 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.027931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We demonstrate that Arbitrary-Detuning ASynchronous OPtical Sampling (AD-ASOPS) makes possible multiscale pump-probe spectroscopy with time delays spanning from picosecond to millisecond. The implementation on pre-existing femtosecond amplifiers seeded by independent free-running oscillators is shown to be straightforward. The accuracy of the method is determined by comparison with spectral interferometry, providing a distribution with a standard deviation ranging from 0.31 to 1.7 ps depending on experimental conditions and on the method used to compute the AD-ASOPS delays.
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Zhang H, Wei H, Wu X, Yang H, Li Y. Absolute distance measurement by dual-comb nonlinear asynchronous optical sampling. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:6597-6604. [PMID: 24664008 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.006597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A dual-comb nonlinear asynchronous optical sampling method is proposed to simplify determination of the time interval and extend the non-ambiguity range in absolute length measurements. Type II second harmonic generation facilitates curve fitting in determining the time interval between adjacent pulses. Meanwhile, the non-ambiguity range is extended by adjusting the repetition rate of the signal laser. The performance of the proposed method is compared with a heterodyne interferometer. Results show that the system achieves a maximum residual of 100.6 nm and an uncertainty of 1.48 μm in a 0.5 ms acquisition time. With longer acquisition time, the uncertainty can be reduced to 166.6 nm for 50 ms and 82.9 nm for 500 ms. Moreover, the extension of the non-ambiguity range is demonstrated by measuring an absolute distance beyond the inherent range determined by the fixed repetition rate.
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Antonucci L, Bonvalet A, Solinas X, Jones MR, Vos MH, Joffre M. Arbitrary-detuning asynchronous optical sampling pump-probe spectroscopy of bacterial reaction centers. OPTICS LETTERS 2013; 38:3322-3324. [PMID: 23988946 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.003322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A recently reported variant of asynchronous optical sampling compatible with arbitrary unstabilized laser repetition rates is applied to pump-probe spectroscopy. This makes possible the use of a 5.1 MHz chirped pulse oscillator as the pump laser, thus extending the available time window to almost 200 ns with a time resolution as good as about 320 fs. The method is illustrated with the measurement in a single experiment of the complete charge transfer dynamics of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
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- Laura Antonucci
- Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Zhang Z, Gu C, Sun J, Wang C, Gardiner T, Reid DT. Asynchronous mid-infrared broadband optical parametric oscillator for dual-comb spectroscopy. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20134110008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Antonucci L, Solinas X, Bonvalet A, Joffre M. Asynchronous optical sampling with arbitrary detuning between laser repetition rates. OPTICS EXPRESS 2012; 20:17928-17937. [PMID: 23038342 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.017928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A method of asynchronous optical sampling based on free-running lasers with no requirement on the repetition rates is presented. The method is based on the a posteriori determination of the delay between each pair of pulses. A resolution better than 400 fs over 13 ns total delay scan is demonstrated. In addition to the advantages of conventional asynchronous sampling techniques, this method allows a straightforward implementation on already-existing laser systems using a fiber-based setup and an appropriate acquisition procedure.
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- Laura Antonucci
- Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Zhang Z, Gu C, Sun J, Wang C, Gardiner T, Reid DT. Asynchronous midinfrared ultrafast optical parametric oscillator for dual-comb spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:187-189. [PMID: 22854462 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.000187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Two asynchronous, broadband 3.3 µm pulse trains with a stabilized repetition-rate difference of up to 5 kHz were generated using an ultrafast optical parametric oscillator. The two oscillation channels, each producing ~100 mW average power, ran essentially independently, and weak non-phase-matched sum-frequency mixing between them provided a timing signal that indicated when the asynchronous pulses coincided. The system has immediate applications in incoherent asynchronous optical sampling and, with additional carrier-envelope-offset stabilization, could be applied to coherent dual-frequency-comb spectroscopy.
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- Zhaowei Zhang
- Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), Department of Physics, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, UK.
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Zhou C, Kohli P. Ultracompact beam splitters based on plasmonic nanoslits. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 2011; 109:93114-931146. [PMID: 21647248 PMCID: PMC3107828 DOI: 10.1063/1.3582005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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An ultracompact plasmonic beam splitter is theoretically and numerically investigated. The splitter consists of a V-shaped nanoslit in metal films. Two groups of nanoscale metallic grooves inside the slit (A) and at the small slit opening (B) are investigated. We show that there are two energy channels guiding light out by the splitter: the optical and the plasmonic channels. Groove A is used to couple incident light into the plasmonic channel. Groove B functions as a plasmonic scatter. We demonstrate that the energy transfer through plasmonic path is dominant in the beam splitter. We find that more than four times the energy is transferred by the plasmonic channel using structures A and B. We show that the plasmonic waves scattered by B can be converted into light waves. These light waves redistribute the transmitted energy through interference with the field transmitted from the nanoslit. Therefore, different beam splitting effects are achieved by simply changing the interference conditions between the scattered waves and the transmitted waves. The impact of the width and height of groove B are also investigated. It is found that the plasmonic scattering of B is changed into light scattering with increase of the width and the height of B. These devices have potential applications in optical sampling, signal processing, and integrated optical circuits.
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Brown MS, Fiechtner GJ, Rudd JV, Zimdars DA, Warmuth M, Gord JR. Water-vapor detection using asynchronous THz sampling. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2006; 60:261-5. [PMID: 16608568 DOI: 10.1366/000370206776342670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The use of a fiber-coupled terahertz (THz) transmitter/receiver pair for spectroscopic detection of water vapor is investigated. Transmission signals of an alumina cylinder demonstrate that the measurement approach can be applied in a windowless ceramic combustor. First, a conventional commercial transmitter/receiver pair is used to make measurements for frequencies to 1.25 THz. Water-vapor absorption is clearly evident within the alumina transparency window and is readily modeled using existing databases. A variety of data-acquisition schemes is possible using THz instrumentation. To assess signal-collection techniques, a prototype THz transmitter/receiver pair is then used with the asynchronous optical-sampling (ASOPS) technique to obtain asynchronous THz-sampling signals to 1 THz without the need for an optomechanical delay line. Two mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers operating at slightly different repetition rates are used for pumping the transmitter and receiver independently to permit a complete time-domain THz signal to be recorded. The resulting repetitive phase walkout is demonstrated by collecting power spectra of room air that exhibit water-vapor absorption.
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- Michael S Brown
- Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc., 2766 Indian Ripple Road, Dayton, Ohio 45440-3638, USA.
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Janke C, Först M, Nagel M, Kurz H, Bartels A. Asynchronous optical sampling for high-speed characterization of integrated resonant terahertz sensors. OPTICS LETTERS 2005; 30:1405-7. [PMID: 15981548 DOI: 10.1364/ol.30.001405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Two femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers with slightly different repetition rates near 1 GHz are coupled to implement high-speed asynchronous optical sampling. The application of this technique is successfully demonstrated in the field of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS). A time delay of 1 ns is scanned at a frequency of 5 kHz without moving mechanical parts. Compared with that of conventional TDS schemes based on lock-in detection and moving mirrors, the readout time of integrated resonant THz sensors is reduced by a factor of 20, opening the way for high-throughput THz sensing in marker-free DNA analysis.
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- C Janke
- Institut für Halbleitertechnik, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Fiechtner GJ, King GB, Laurendeau NM. Quantitative concentration measurements of atomic sodium in an atmospheric hydrocarbon flame with asynchronous optical sampling. APPLIED OPTICS 1995; 34:1117-1126. [PMID: 21037641 DOI: 10.1364/ao.34.001117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the development of a pump-probe instrument that uses a high-repetition-rate (82-MHz) picosecond laser. To maximize laser power and to minimize jitter between the pump- and the probe-pulse trains, we choose the asynchronous optical sampling (ASOPS) configuration. Verification of the method is obtained through concentration measurements of atomic sodium in an atmospheric methane-air flame. For the first time to our knowledge, ASOPS measurements are made on a quantitative basis. This is accomplished by calibration of the sodium concentration with atomic absorption spectroscopy. ASOPS measurements are taken at a rate of 155.7 kHz with only 128 averages, resulting in a corresponding detection limit of 5 × 10(9) cm(-3). The quenching-rate coefficient is obtained in a single measurement with a variation of ASOPS, which we call dual-beam ASOPS. The value of this coefficient is in excellent agreement with literature values for the present flame conditions. Based on our quantitative results for detection of atomic sodium, a detection limit of 2 × 10(17) cm(-3) is predicted for the Q(1) (9) line of A (2)Σ(+) (v = 0)-X(2)II (v = 0) hydroxyl at 2000 K. Although this value is too large for practical flame studies, a number of improvements that should lower the ASOPS detection limit are suggested.
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Evans JM, Spence DE, Burns D, Sibbett W. Dual-wavelength self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. OPTICS LETTERS 1993; 18:1074. [PMID: 19823294 DOI: 10.1364/ol.18.001074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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