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Barclay MS, Wright ND, Cavanaugh P, Pensack RD, Martin EW, Turner DB. Ultrabroadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy in the pump-probe geometry using conventional optics. OPTICS LETTERS 2024; 49:2065-2068. [PMID: 38621077 DOI: 10.1364/ol.519387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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We report ultrabroadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2D ES) measurements obtained in the pump-probe geometry using conventional optics. A phase-stabilized Michelson interferometer provides the pump-pulse delay interval, τ1, necessary to obtain the excitation-frequency dimension. Spectral resolution of the probe beam provides the detection-frequency dimension, ω3. The interferometer incorporates active phase stabilization via a piezo stage and feedback from interference of a continuous-wave reference laser detected in quadrature. To demonstrate the method, we measured a well-characterized laser dye sample and obtained the known peak structure. The vibronic peaks are modulated as a function of the waiting time, τ2, by vibrational wave packets. The interferometer simplifies ultrabroadband 2D ES measurements and analysis.
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Kefer O, Kolesnichenko PV, Buckup T. Two-dimensional coherent electronic spectrometer with switchable multi-color configurations. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:023003. [PMID: 38416044 DOI: 10.1063/5.0186915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Broadband implementation of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) is a desirable goal for numerous research groups, yet achieving it presents considerable challenges. An effective strategy to mitigate these challenges is the utilization of two-color approaches, effectively broadening the spectral bandwidth accessible with 2DES. Here, we present a simple approach to include multi-color configurations based on adjustable mirror mounts. This enables seamless toggling between single-color, two-color, and transient 2DES within the same spectroscopic apparatus, which is benchmarked on two common laser dyes, Rhodamine 6G and Nile blue. Upon mixing the dyes, single-color 2DES shows overlapping signals, whereas a high selectivity toward Nile blue responses is maintained in two-color and transient 2DES, owing to the fully resonant excitation that is spectrally shifted relative to the detection window. This method is readily implemented in other setups with similar experimental layouts and can be used as a simple solution to overcome existing bandwidth limitations. With the inclusion of transient 2DES, additional insights into excited-state processes can be gained due to its increased sensitivity toward excited-state coherences.
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- Oskar Kefer
- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Barclay MS, Chowdhury AU, Biaggne A, Huff JS, Wright ND, Davis PH, Li L, Knowlton WB, Yurke B, Pensack RD, Turner DB. Probing DNA structural heterogeneity by identifying conformational subensembles of a bicovalently bound cyanine dye. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:035101. [PMID: 36681650 DOI: 10.1063/5.0131795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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DNA is a re-configurable, biological information-storage unit, and much remains to be learned about its heterogeneous structural dynamics. For example, while it is known that molecular dyes templated onto DNA exhibit increased photostability, the mechanism by which the structural dynamics of DNA affect the dye photophysics remains unknown. Here, we use femtosecond, two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy measurements of a cyanine dye, Cy5, to probe local conformations in samples of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA-Cy5), double-stranded DNA (dsDNA-Cy5), and Holliday junction DNA (HJ-DNA-Cy5). A line shape analysis of the 2D spectra reveals a strong excitation-emission correlation present in only the dsDNA-Cy5 complex, which is a signature of inhomogeneous broadening. Molecular dynamics simulations support the conclusion that this inhomogeneous broadening arises from a nearly degenerate conformer found only in the dsDNA-Cy5 complex. These insights will support future studies on DNA's structural heterogeneity.
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- Matthew S Barclay
- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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- Micron School for Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA
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Praturi A, Schrod S, Singh BP, Vasa P. White-Light Spectral Interferometry for Characterizing Inhomogeneity in Solutions and Nanocolloids. ACS NANOSCIENCE AU 2022; 2:486-493. [PMID: 37101849 PMCID: PMC10125346 DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We demonstrate the use of white-light spectral interferometry as an effective technique involving only linear optical interactions and a partially coherent light source to measure the complex transmission response function of optical resonance and to determine the corresponding variation in the refractive index relative to a reference. We also discuss experimental arrangements to increase the accuracy and sensitivity of the technique. The superiority of the technique over single-beam absorption measurements is demonstrated by the accurate determination of the response function of the chlorophyll-a solution. The technique is then applied to chlorophyll-a solutions of varying concentrations and gold nanocolloids to characterize inhomogeneous broadening. Results on the inhomogeneity of gold nanocolloids are also supported by transmission electron micrographs, showing distributions of the size and shape of the constituent gold nanorods.
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- Aparna Praturi
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 400076 Mumbai, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 400076 Mumbai, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 400076 Mumbai, India
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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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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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Nakamura T. Excitation Energy Transfer Dynamics in a Low-Band-Gap Copolymer: Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy of PTB7 in Solution. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Takumi Nakamura
- Analysis Technology Center, Research and Development Management Headquarters, FUJIFILM Corporation, 210 Nakanuma, Minamiashigara 251-0193, Japan
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Lloyd LT, Wood RE, Allodi MA, Sohoni S, Higgins JS, Otto JP, Engel GS. Leveraging scatter in two-dimensional spectroscopy: passive phase drift correction enables a global phasing protocol. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:32869-32881. [PMID: 33114962 DOI: 10.1364/oe.404601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Phase stability between pulse pairs defining Fourier-transform time delays can limit resolution and complicates development and adoption of multidimensional coherent spectroscopies. We demonstrate a data processing procedure to correct the long-term phase drift of the nonlinear signal during two-dimensional (2D) experiments based on the relative phase between scattered excitation pulses and a global phasing procedure to generate fully absorptive 2D electronic spectra of wafer-scale monolayer MoS2. Our correction results in a ∼30-fold increase in effective long-term signal phase stability, from ∼λ/2 to ∼λ/70 with negligible extra experimental time and no additional optical components. This scatter-based drift correction should be applicable to other interferometric techniques as well, significantly lowering the practical experimental requirements for this class of measurements.
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Dostál J, Alster J. Interplay between coherence-time undersampling and scattered light in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2020; 91:093103. [PMID: 33003825 DOI: 10.1063/5.0009513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Scanning pulse delays in multi-pulse non-linear optical spectroscopy experiments is a major contributor to lengthy data acquisition. Using large steps for the scan can significantly speed up the experiment. However, an improper choice of step length can cause distortions to the resulting spectra, especially if the light scattered on the sample is mixed into the signal. In this work, we identify potential sources of such distortions and suggest appropriate countermeasures to avoid them while maintaining a faster data collection.
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- Jakub Dostál
- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague, Czech Republic
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Spencer AP, Chen LX. Rapid acquisition of broadband two-dimensional electronic spectra by continuous scanning with conventional delay lines. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:2942-2945. [PMID: 32412506 DOI: 10.1364/ol.391360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A passively phase-stable, broadband (∼7fs, >2000cm-1) two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectroscopy apparatus that achieves rapid acquisition rates by continuously-rather than step-wise-scanning the Fourier-transform dimension is demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. This is made possible through use of a partially common path interferometer design in which the coherence time τ is sampled in a "rotating frame." Rapid, continuous scanning of τ increases the duty cycle of signal collection, rejects the majority of excitation pulse scatter, and enables the measurement of a complete 2D spectrum in 92 ms, which minimizes the influence of pulse intensity and delay fluctuations on the 2D spectrum. In practice, these improvements make possible the acquisition of hundreds of 2D spectra in tens of minutes, which opens the door to dense sampling of ultrafast relaxation dynamics and to generating extremely broadband 3D Fourier-transform spectra.
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Huber B, Pres S, Wittmann E, Dietrich L, Lüttig J, Fersch D, Krauss E, Friedrich D, Kern J, Lisinetskii V, Hensen M, Hecht B, Bratschitsch R, Riedle E, Brixner T. Space- and time-resolved UV-to-NIR surface spectroscopy and 2D nanoscopy at 1 MHz repetition rate. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:113103. [PMID: 31779407 DOI: 10.1063/1.5115322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We describe a setup for time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy with aberration correction enabling 3 nm spatial resolution and sub-20 fs temporal resolution. The latter is realized by our development of a widely tunable (215-970 nm) noncollinear optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) at 1 MHz repetition rate. We discuss several exemplary applications. Efficient photoemission from plasmonic Au nanoresonators is investigated with phase-coherent pulse pairs from an actively stabilized interferometer. More complex excitation fields are created with a liquid-crystal-based pulse shaper enabling amplitude and phase shaping of NOPA pulses with spectral components from 600 to 800 nm. With this system we demonstrate spectroscopy within a single plasmonic nanoslit resonator by spectral amplitude shaping and investigate the local field dynamics with coherent two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy at the nanometer length scale ("2D nanoscopy"). We show that the local response varies across a distance as small as 33 nm in our sample. Further, we report two-color pump-probe experiments using two independent NOPA beamlines. We extract local variations of the excited-state dynamics of a monolayered 2D material (WSe2) that we correlate with low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM) and reflectivity measurements. Finally, we demonstrate the in situ sample preparation capabilities for organic thin films and their characterization via spatially resolved electron diffraction and dark-field LEEM.
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- Bernhard Huber
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 München, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- NanoOptics & Biophotonics Group, Experimental Physics 5, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Center for Nanotechnology, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für BioMolekulare Optik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538 München, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Paul J, Stevens CE, Smith RP, Dey P, Mapara V, Semenov D, McGill SA, Kaindl RA, Hilton DJ, Karaiskaj D. Coherent two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy using a 25 Tesla resistive magnet. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:063901. [PMID: 31255018 DOI: 10.1063/1.5055891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We performed nonlinear optical two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy measurements using an optical resistive high-field magnet on GaAs quantum wells. Magnetic fields up to 25 T can be achieved using the split helix resistive magnet. Two-dimensional spectroscopy measurements based on the coherent four-wave mixing signal require phase stability. Therefore, these measurements are difficult to perform in environments prone to mechanical vibrations. Large resistive magnets use extensive quantities of cooling water, which causes mechanical vibrations, making two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy very challenging. Here, we report on the strategies we used to overcome these challenges and maintain the required phase-stability throughout the measurement. A self-contained portable platform was used to set up the experiments within the time frame provided by a user facility. Furthermore, this platform was floated above the optical table in order to isolate it from vibrations originating from the resistive magnet. Finally, we present two-dimensional Fourier transform spectra obtained from GaAs quantum wells at magnetic fields up to 25 T and demonstrate the utility of this technique in providing important details, which are obscured in one dimensional spectroscopy.
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- Jagannath Paul
- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Physics, California State University-East Bay, Hayward, California 94542, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 30201, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 30201, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA
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Zhu R, Yue S, Li H, Leng X, Wang Z, Chen H, Weng Y. Correction of spectral distortion in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy arising from the wedge-based delay line. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:15474-15484. [PMID: 31163743 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.015474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Unlike the probe wavelength, which is spectrally resolved by monochromator, the excitation wavelength in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy is retrieved by means of Fourier transform of the interference signal introduced by the coherence delay time between the first and second excitation laser pulses. Hence, the calibration of delay lines would determine its accuracy. In this work, we showed that an inaccurate calibration factor of wedge-based delay line would result in a global peak shift and asymmetric spectral twists along the excitation axis. Both theoretical analysis and experiments have shown that such spectral distortions can be corrected by an accurately predetermined calibration factor. The relative accuracy of calibration factor reaches 3 × 10-5 in our setup. The dispersion effect of wedges also has been considered for the broadband excitation.
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Borrego-Varillas R, Nenov A, Ganzer L, Oriana A, Manzoni C, Tolomelli A, Rivalta I, Mukamel S, Garavelli M, Cerullo G. Two-dimensional UV spectroscopy: a new insight into the structure and dynamics of biomolecules. Chem Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03871j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional ultraviolet spectroscopy has the potential to deliver rich structural and dynamical information on biomolecules such as DNA and proteins.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale
- Universitá degli Studi di Bologna
- I-40136 Bologna
- Italy
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- IFN-CNR
- Dipartimento di Fisica
- Politecnico di Milano
- I-20133 Milano
- Italy
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- IFN-CNR
- Dipartimento di Fisica
- Politecnico di Milano
- I-20133 Milano
- Italy
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- IFN-CNR
- Dipartimento di Fisica
- Politecnico di Milano
- I-20133 Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Universitá degli Studi di Bologna
- I-40126 Bologna
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale
- Universitá degli Studi di Bologna
- I-40136 Bologna
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- University of California
- Irvine
- USA
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- Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale
- Universitá degli Studi di Bologna
- I-40136 Bologna
- Italy
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- IFN-CNR
- Dipartimento di Fisica
- Politecnico di Milano
- I-20133 Milano
- Italy
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Song Y, Konar A, Sechrist R, Roy VP, Duan R, Dziurgot J, Policht V, Matutes YA, Kubarych KJ, Ogilvie JP. Multispectral multidimensional spectrometer spanning the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:013108. [PMID: 30709236 DOI: 10.1063/1.5055244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Multidimensional spectroscopy is the optical analog to nuclear magnetic resonance, probing dynamical processes with ultrafast time resolution. At optical frequencies, the technical challenges of multidimensional spectroscopy have hindered its progress until recently, where advances in laser sources and pulse-shaping have removed many obstacles to its implementation. Multidimensional spectroscopy in the visible and infrared (IR) regimes has already enabled respective advances in our understanding of photosynthesis and the structural rearrangements of liquid water. A frontier of ultrafast spectroscopy is to extend and combine multidimensional techniques and frequency ranges, which have been largely restricted to operating in the distinct visible or IR regimes. By employing two independent amplifiers seeded by a single oscillator, it is straightforward to span a wide range of time scales (femtoseconds to seconds), all of which are often relevant to the most important energy conversion and catalysis problems in chemistry, physics, and materials science. Complex condensed phase systems have optical transitions spanning the ultraviolet (UV) to the IR and exhibit dynamics relevant to function on time scales of femtoseconds to seconds and beyond. We describe the development of the Multispectral Multidimensional Nonlinear Spectrometer (MMDS) to enable studies of dynamical processes in atomic, molecular, and material systems spanning femtoseconds to seconds, from the UV to the IR regimes. The MMDS employs pulse-shaping methods to provide an easy-to-use instrument with an unprecedented spectral range that enables unique combination spectroscopies. We demonstrate the multispectral capabilities of the MMDS on several model systems.
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- Yin Song
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 450 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Maiuri M, Brazard J. Electronic Couplings in (Bio-) Chemical Processes. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2018; 376:10. [DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hutson WO, Spencer AP, Harel E. Ultrafast Four-Dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy by Projection Reconstruction. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:1034-1040. [PMID: 29432694 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Multidimensional coherent spectroscopy provides insights into the vibronic structure and dynamics of complex systems. In general, the higher the dimensionality, the better the spectral discrimination and the more information that may be extracted about the system. A major impediment to widespread implementation of these methods, however, is that the acquisition time generally increases exponentially with dimensionality, prohibiting practical implementation. We demonstrate the use of nonuniform sampling based on the projection-slice theorem and inverse Radon transform within the context of a fifth-order, 4D technique (GAMERS) designed to correlate the vibrational contributions to different electronic states. Projection-reconstruction (PRO GAMERS) greatly reduces the data sampling requirements without sacrificing frequency resolution. The sensitivity of this technique is demonstrated to surpass conventional uniform sampling by orders of magnitude. The incorporation of projection-reconstruction into multidimensional coherent spectroscopy opens up the possibility to study the structure of complex chemical, biological, and physical systems with unprecedented detail.
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- William O Hutson
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Abraham B, Fan H, Galoppini E, Gundlach L. Vibrational Spectroscopy on Photoexcited Dye-Sensitized Films via Pump-Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:2039-2045. [PMID: 29381068 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b10652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Molecular sensitization of semiconductor films is an important technology for energy and environmental applications including solar energy conversion, photocatalytic hydrogen production, and water purification. Dye-sensitized films are also scientifically complex and interesting systems with a long history of research. In most applications, photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) at the molecule/semiconductor interface is of critical importance, and while great progress has been made in understanding HET, many open questions remain. Of particular interest is the role of combined electronic and vibrational effects and coherence of the dye during HET. The ultrafast nature of the process, the rapid intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution, and vibrational cooling present complications in the study of vibronic coupling in HET. We present the application of a time domain vibrational spectroscopy-pump-degenerate four-wave mixing (pump-DFWM)-to dye-sensitized solid-state semiconductor films. Pump-DFWM can measure Raman-active vibrational modes that are triggered by excitation of the sample with an actinic pump pulse. Modifications to the instrument for solid-state samples and its application to an anatase TiO2 film sensitized by a Zn-porphyrin dye are discussed. We show an effective combination of experimental techniques to overcome typical challenges in measuring solid-state samples with laser spectroscopy and observe molecular vibrations following HET in a picosecond time window. The cation spectrum of the dye shows modes that can be assigned to the linker group and a mode that is localized on the Zn-phorphyrin chromophore and that is connected to photoexcitation.
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- Baxter Abraham
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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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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Son M, Mosquera-Vázquez S, Schlau-Cohen GS. Ultrabroadband 2D electronic spectroscopy with high-speed, shot-to-shot detection. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:18950-18962. [PMID: 29041086 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.018950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) is an incisive tool for disentangling excited state energies and dynamics in the condensed phase by directly mapping out the correlation between excitation and emission frequencies as a function of time. Despite its enhanced frequency resolution, the spectral window of detection is limited to the laser bandwidth, which has often hindered the visualization of full electronic energy relaxation pathways spread over the entire visible region. Here, we describe a high-sensitivity, ultrabroadband 2DES apparatus. We report a new combination of a simple and robust setup for increased spectral bandwidth and shot-to-shot detection. We utilize 8-fs supercontinuum pulses generated by gas filamentation spanning the entire visible region (450 - 800 nm), which allows for a simultaneous interrogation of electronic transitions over a 200-nm bandwidth, and an all-reflective interferometric delay system with angled nanopositioner stages achieves interferometric precision in coherence time control without introducing wavelength-dependent dispersion to the ultrabroadband spectrum. To address deterioration of detection sensitivity due to the inherent instability of ultrabroadband sources, we introduce a 5-kHz shot-to-shot, dual chopping acquisition scheme by combining a high-speed line-scan camera and two optical choppers to remove scatter contributions from the signal. Comparison of 2D spectra acquired by shot-to-shot detection and averaged detection shows a 15-fold improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio. This is the first direct quantification of detection sensitivity on a filamentation-based ultrabroadband 2DES apparatus.
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Achazi G, Cannizzo A. Fourier transform spectral interferometry with non-phase stable setups by broadband single shot detection of fs and ps pulses. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2017; 88:083110. [PMID: 28863700 DOI: 10.1063/1.4998989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this paper, we present a novel approach to Fourier transform spectral interferometry based on single-shot detection of broadband pulses. It allows heterodyne detection with non-phase-stabilised setups, which use ps- and fs-pulsed laser sources. This approach can tremendously simplify the implementation of complex techniques such as heterodyne Fourier transform four-wave mixing and pave the way to novel phase-sensitive diagnostics for lasers and optical setups.
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- Georg Achazi
- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Moody G, Cundiff ST. Advances in multi-dimensional coherent spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures. ADVANCES IN PHYSICS: X 2017; 2:641-674. [PMID: 28894306 PMCID: PMC5590666 DOI: 10.1080/23746149.2017.1346482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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Multi-dimensional coherent spectroscopy (MDCS) has become an extremely versatile and sensitive technique for elucidating the structure, composition, and dynamics of condensed matter, atomic, and molecular systems. The appeal of MDCS lies in its ability to resolve both individual-emitter and ensemble-averaged dynamics of optically created excitations in disordered systems. When applied to semiconductors, MDCS enables unambiguous separation of homogeneous and inhomogeneous contributions to the optical linewidth, pinpoints the nature of coupling between resonances, and reveals signatures of many-body interactions. In this review, we discuss the implementation of MDCS to measure the nonlinear optical response of excitonic transitions in semiconductor nanostructures. Capabilities of the technique are illustrated with recent experimental studies that advance our understanding of optical decoherence and dissipation, energy transfer, and many-body phenomena in quantum dots and quantum wells, semiconductor microcavities, layered semiconductors, and photovoltaic materials.
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- Galan Moody
- Applied Physics Division, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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Spencer AP, Hutson WO, Harel E. Quantum coherence selective 2D Raman-2D electronic spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14732. [PMID: 28281541 PMCID: PMC5353627 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Electronic and vibrational correlations report on the dynamics and structure of molecular species, yet revealing these correlations experimentally has proved extremely challenging. Here, we demonstrate a method that probes correlations between states within the vibrational and electronic manifold with quantum coherence selectivity. Specifically, we measure a fully coherent four-dimensional spectrum which simultaneously encodes vibrational-vibrational, electronic-vibrational and electronic-electronic interactions. By combining near-impulsive resonant and non-resonant excitation, the desired fifth-order signal of a complex organic molecule in solution is measured free of unwanted lower-order contamination. A critical feature of this method is electronic and vibrational frequency resolution, enabling isolation and assignment of individual quantum coherence pathways. The vibronic structure of the system is then revealed within an otherwise broad and featureless 2D electronic spectrum. This method is suited for studying elusive quantum effects in which electronic transitions strongly couple to phonons and vibrations, such as energy transfer in photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes.
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- Austin P. Spencer
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Draeger S, Roeding S, Brixner T. Rapid-scan coherent 2D fluorescence spectroscopy. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:3259-3267. [PMID: 28241542 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.003259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We developed pulse-shaper-assisted coherent two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectroscopy in liquids using fluorescence detection. A customized pulse shaper facilitates shot-to-shot modulation at 1 kHz and is employed for rapid scanning over all time delays. A full 2D spectrum with 15 × 15 pixels is obtained in approximately 6 s of measurement time (plus further averaging if needed). Coherent information is extracted from the incoherent fluorescence signal via 27-step phase cycling. We exemplify the technique on cresyl violet in ethanol and recover literature-known oscillations as a function of population time. Signal-to-noise behavior is analyzed as a function of the amount of averaging. Rapid scanning provides a 2D spectrum with a root-mean-square error of < 0.05 after 1 min of measurement time.
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de A Camargo FV, Grimmelsmann L, Anderson HL, Meech SR, Heisler IA. Resolving Vibrational from Electronic Coherences in Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy: The Role of the Laser Spectrum. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:033001. [PMID: 28157354 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.033001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The observation of coherent quantum effects in photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes prompted the question whether quantum coherence could be exploited to improve the efficiency in new energy materials. The detailed characterization of coherent effects relies on sensitive methods such as two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2D-ES). However, the interpretation of the results produced by 2D-ES is challenging due to the many possible couplings present in complex molecular structures. In this work, we demonstrate how the laser spectral profile can induce electronic coherencelike signals in monomeric chromophores, potentially leading to data misinterpretation. We argue that the laser spectrum acts as a filter for certain coherence pathways and thus propose a general method to differentiate vibrational from electronic coherences.
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- Franco V de A Camargo
- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
- CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia DF 70040-202, Brazil
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- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
- Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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De Sio A, Lienau C. Vibronic coupling in organic semiconductors for photovoltaics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:18813-18830. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03007j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ultrafast two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy reveals vibronically-assisted coherent charge transport and separation in organic materials and opens up new perspectives for artificial light-to-current conversion.
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- Antonietta De Sio
- Institut für Physik and Center of Interface Science
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität
- Oldenburg 26129
- Germany
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- Institut für Physik and Center of Interface Science
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität
- Oldenburg 26129
- Germany
- Research Center Neurosensory Science
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Hutson WO, Spencer AP, Harel E. Isolated Ground-State Vibrational Coherence Measured by Fifth-Order Single-Shot Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:3636-3640. [PMID: 27574915 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Vibrations play a critical role in many photochemical and photophysical processes in which excitations reside on the electronically excited state. However, difficulty in assigning signals from spectroscopic measurements uniquely to a specific electronic state, ground or otherwise, has exposed limitations to their physical interpretation. Here, we demonstrate the selective excitation of vibrational coherences on the ground electronic state through impulsive Raman scattering, whose weak fifth-order signal is resonantly enhanced by coupling to strong electronic transitions. The six-wave mixing signals measured using this technique are free of lower-order cascades and represent correlations between zero-quantum vibrational coherences in the ground state and single-quantum coherences between the ground and electronic states. We believe that this technique has the potential to shed much-needed insight onto some of the mysteries regarding the origin of long-lived coherences observed in photosynthetic and other coupled chromophore systems.
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- William O Hutson
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Ma X, Dostál J, Brixner T. Broadband 7-fs diffractive-optic-based 2D electronic spectroscopy using hollow-core fiber compression. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:20781-91. [PMID: 27607681 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.020781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We demonstrate noncollinear coherent two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectroscopy for which broadband pulses are generated in an argon-filled hollow-core fiber pumped by a 1-kHz Ti:Sapphire laser. Compression is achieved to 7 fs duration (TG-FROG) using dispersive mirrors. The hollow fiber provides a clean spatial profile and smooth spectral shape in the 500-700 nm region. The diffractive-optic-based design of the 2D spectrometer avoids directional filtering distortions and temporal broadening from time smearing. For demonstration we record data of cresyl-violet perchlorate in ethanol and use phasing to obtain broadband absorptive 2D spectra. The resulting quantum beating as a function of population time is consistent with literature data.
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Tollerud JO, Cundiff ST, Davis JA. Revealing and Characterizing Dark Excitons through Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:097401. [PMID: 27610881 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.097401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Dark excitons are of fundamental importance in a broad range of contexts but are difficult to study using conventional optical spectroscopy due to their weak interaction with light. We show how coherent multidimensional spectroscopy can reveal and characterize dark states. Using this approach, we identify parity-forbidden and spatially indirect excitons in InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells and determine details regarding lifetimes, homogeneous and inhomogeneous linewidths, broadening mechanisms, and coupling strengths. The observations of coherent coupling between these states and bright excitons hint at a role for a multistep process by which excitons in the barrier can relax into the quantum wells.
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- Jonathan O Tollerud
- Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Centre for Quantum and Optical Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
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Gellen TA, Bizimana LA, Carbery WP, Breen I, Turner DB. Ultrabroadband two-quantum two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4960302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tobias A. Gellen
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Maiuri M, Réhault J, Carey AM, Hacking K, Garavelli M, Lüer L, Polli D, Cogdell RJ, Cerullo G. Ultra-broadband 2D electronic spectroscopy of carotenoid-bacteriochlorophyll interactions in the LH1 complex of a purple bacterium. J Chem Phys 2016; 142:212433. [PMID: 26049453 DOI: 10.1063/1.4919056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We investigate the excitation energy transfer (EET) pathways in the photosynthetic light harvesting 1 (LH1) complex of purple bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum with ultra-broadband two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES). We employ a 2DES apparatus in the partially collinear geometry, using a passive birefringent interferometer to generate the phase-locked pump pulse pair. This scheme easily lends itself to two-color operation, by coupling a sub-10 fs visible pulse with a sub-15-fs near-infrared pulse. This unique pulse combination allows us to simultaneously track with extremely high temporal resolution both the dynamics of the photoexcited carotenoid spirilloxanthin (Spx) in the visible range and the EET between the Spx and the B890 bacterio-chlorophyll (BChl), whose Qx and Qy transitions peak at 585 and 881 nm, respectively, in the near-infrared. Global analysis of the one-color and two-color 2DES maps unravels different relaxation mechanisms in the LH1 complex: (i) the initial events of the internal conversion process within the Spx, (ii) the parallel EET from the first bright state S2 of the Spx towards the Qx state of the B890, and (iii) the internal conversion from Qx to Qy within the B890.
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- Margherita Maiuri
- CNR-IFN, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza L. da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- CNR-IFN, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza L. da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, IBLS, University of Glasgow, 126 Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, IBLS, University of Glasgow, 126 Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician," Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, IT-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain
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- CNR-IFN, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza L. da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, IBLS, University of Glasgow, 126 Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- CNR-IFN, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza L. da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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Bizimana LA, Brazard J, Carbery WP, Gellen T, Turner DB. Resolving molecular vibronic structure using high-sensitivity two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:164203. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4934717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yue S, Wang Z, He XC, Zhu GB, Weng YX. Construction of the Apparatus for Two Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy and Characterization of the Instrument. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2015. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/28/cjcp1506136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Nuernberger P, Ruetzel S, Brixner T. Multidimensionale elektronische Spektroskopie photochemischer Reaktionen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201502974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nuernberger P, Ruetzel S, Brixner T. Multidimensional Electronic Spectroscopy of Photochemical Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:11368-86. [PMID: 26382095 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Coherent multidimensional electronic spectroscopy can be employed to unravel various channels in molecular chemical reactions. This approach is thus not limited to analysis of energy transfer or charge transfer (i.e. processes from photophysics), but can also be employed in situations where the investigated system undergoes permanent structural changes (i.e. in photochemistry). Photochemical model reactions are discussed by using the example of merocyanine/spiropyran-based molecular switches, which show a rich variety of reaction channels, in particular ring opening and ring closing, cis-trans isomerization, coherent vibrational wave-packet motion, radical ion formation, and population relaxation. Using pump-probe, pump-repump-probe, coherent two-dimensional and three-dimensional, triggered-exchange 2D, and quantum-control spectroscopy, we gain intuitive pictures on which product emerges from which reactant and which reactive molecular modes are associated.
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- Patrick Nuernberger
- Fakultät für Chemie und Biochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum (Germany)
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany)
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg (Germany).
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Lambert C, Koch F, Völker SF, Schmiedel A, Holzapfel M, Humeniuk A, Röhr MIS, Mitric R, Brixner T. Energy Transfer Between Squaraine Polymer Sections: From Helix to Zigzag and All the Way Back. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:7851-61. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Christoph Lambert
- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut
für Organische Chemie, ‡Center for Nanosystems Chemistry
(CNC), and §Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Rodriguez Y, Frei F, Cannizzo A, Feurer T. Pulse-shaping assisted multidimensional coherent electronic spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:212451. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4921793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Yuseff Rodriguez
- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Consani C, Koch F, Panzer F, Unger T, Köhler A, Brixner T. Relaxation dynamics and exciton energy transfer in the low-temperature phase of MEH-PPV. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:212429. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4918645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Cristina Consani
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
- Center for Nanosystems Chemistry (CNC), Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Optical multdimensional coherent spectroscopy has recently been the subject of significant activity. While two-dimensional spectroscopy is most common, it is possible to extend the method into three dimensions. This perspective reviews the different approaches to three-dimensional spectroscopy and the systems that have been studied with it. The advantages of adding an additional dimension are discussed and compared to the resulting experimental challenges.
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- Steven T Cundiff
- JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology & University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0440 USA.
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Energy transfer pathways in semiconducting carbon nanotubes revealed using two-dimensional white-light spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6732. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Fuller FD, Ogilvie JP. Experimental implementations of two-dimensional fourier transform electronic spectroscopy. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2015; 66:667-90. [PMID: 25664841 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) reveals connections between an optical excitation at a given frequency and the signals it creates over a wide range of frequencies. These connections, manifested as cross-peak locations and their lineshapes, reflect the underlying electronic and vibrational structure of the system under study. How these spectroscopic signatures evolve in time reveals the system dynamics and provides a detailed picture of coherent and incoherent processes. 2DES is rapidly maturing and has already found numerous applications, including studies of photosynthetic energy transfer and photochemical reactions and many-body interactions in nanostructured materials. Many systems of interest contain electronic transitions spanning the ultraviolet to the near infrared and beyond. Most 2DES measurements to date have explored a relatively small frequency range. We discuss the challenges of implementing 2DES and compare and contrast different approaches in terms of their information content, ease of implementation, and potential for broadband measurements.
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- Franklin D Fuller
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109;
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Al Haddad A, Chauvet A, Ojeda J, Arrell C, van Mourik F, Auböck G, Chergui M. Set-up for broadband Fourier-transform multidimensional electronic spectroscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2015; 40:312-315. [PMID: 25680035 DOI: 10.1364/ol.40.000312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a compact passively phase-stabilized ultra-broadband 2D Fourier transform setup. A gas (argon)-filled hollow core fiber pumped by an amplified Ti:Al2O3 laser is used as a light source providing spectral range spanning from 420 to 900 nm. Sub-10-fs pulses were obtained using a deformable mirror-based pulse shaper. We probe the nonlinear response of Rhodamine 101 using 90 nm bandwidth and resolve vibrational coherences of 150 fs period in the ground state.
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Réhault J, Maiuri M, Oriana A, Cerullo G. Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy with birefringent wedges. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:123107. [PMID: 25554272 DOI: 10.1063/1.4902938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We present a simple experimental setup for performing two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectroscopy in the partially collinear pump-probe geometry. The setup uses a sequence of birefringent wedges to create and delay a pair of phase-locked, collinear pump pulses, with extremely high phase stability and reproducibility. Continuous delay scanning is possible without any active stabilization or position tracking, and allows to record rapidly and easily 2D spectra. The setup works over a broad spectral range from the ultraviolet to the near-IR, it is compatible with few-optical-cycle pulses and can be easily reconfigured to two-colour operation. A simple method for scattering suppression is also introduced. As a proof of principle, we present degenerate and two-color 2D spectra of the light-harvesting complex 1 of purple bacteria.
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- Julien Réhault
- IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- IFN-CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Heisler IA, Moca R, Camargo FVA, Meech SR. Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy based on conventional optics and fast dual chopper data acquisition. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:063103. [PMID: 24985795 DOI: 10.1063/1.4879822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report an improved experimental scheme for two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2D-ES) based solely on conventional optical components and fast data acquisition. This is accomplished by working with two choppers synchronized to a 10 kHz repetition rate amplified laser system. We demonstrate how scattering and pump-probe contributions can be removed during 2D measurements and how the pump probe and local oscillator spectra can be generated and saved simultaneously with each population time measurement. As an example the 2D-ES spectra for cresyl violet were obtained. The resulting 2D spectra show a significant oscillating signal during population evolution time which can be assigned to an intramolecular vibrational mode.
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- Ismael A Heisler
- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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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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Réhault J, Maiuri M, Manzoni C, Brida D, Helbing J, Cerullo G. 2D IR spectroscopy with phase-locked pulse pairs from a birefringent delay line. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:9063-9072. [PMID: 24787794 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.009063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We introduce a new scheme for two-dimensional IR spectroscopy in the partially collinear pump-probe geometry. Translating birefringent wedges allow generating phase-locked pump pulses with exceptional phase stability, in a simple and compact setup. A He-Ne tracking scheme permits to scan continuously the acquisition time. For a proof-of-principle demonstration we use lithium niobate, which allows operation up to 5 μm. Exploiting the inherent perpendicular polarizations of the two pump pulses, we also demonstrate signal enhancement and scattering suppression.
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Zheng H, Caram JR, Dahlberg PD, Rolczynski BS, Viswanathan S, Dolzhnikov DS, Khadivi A, Talapin DV, Engel GS. Dispersion-free continuum two-dimensional electronic spectrometer. APPLIED OPTICS 2014; 53:1909-17. [PMID: 24663470 PMCID: PMC4349747 DOI: 10.1364/ao.53.001909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Electronic dynamics span broad energy scales with ultrafast time constants in the condensed phase. Two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectroscopy permits the study of these dynamics with simultaneous resolution in both frequency and time. In practice, this technique is sensitive to changes in nonlinear dispersion in the laser pulses as time delays are varied during the experiment. We have developed a 2D spectrometer that uses broadband continuum generated in argon as the light source. Using this visible light in phase-sensitive optical experiments presents new challenges in implementation. We demonstrate all-reflective interferometric delays using angled stages. Upon selecting an ~180 nm window of the available bandwidth at ~10 fs compression, we probe the nonlinear response of broadly absorbing CdSe quantum dots and electronic transitions of Chlorophyll a.
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- Haibin Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Program in the Biophysical Sciences, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, and The Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Fuller FD, Wilcox DE, Ogilvie JP. Pulse shaping based two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy in a background free geometry. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:1018-27. [PMID: 24515061 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.001018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We demonstrate a "drop-in" modification of the pulse-shaped pump-probe geometry two-dimensional Fourier transform spectrometer that significantly improves its performance by making the measurement background-free. The modification uses a hybrid diffractive optic/pulse-shaping approach that combines the advantages of background-free detection with the precise timing and phase-cycling capabilities enabled by pulse-shaping. In addition, we present a simple new method for accurate phasing of optically heterodyned two-dimensional spectra. We demonstrate the high quality of data obtainable with this approach by reporting two-dimensional Fourier transform electronic spectra of chlorophyll a in glycerol/water at 77 K.
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Mukherjee SS, Skoff DR, Middleton CT, Zanni MT. Fully absorptive 3D IR spectroscopy using a dual mid-infrared pulse shaper. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:144205. [PMID: 24116612 PMCID: PMC4108792 DOI: 10.1063/1.4824638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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This paper presents the implementation of 3D IR spectroscopy by adding a second pump beam to a two-beam 2D IR spectrometer. An independent mid-IR pulse shaper is used for each pump beam, which can be programmed to collect its corresponding dimension in either the frequency or time-domains. Due to the phase matching geometry employed here, absorptive 3D IR spectra are automatically obtained, since all four of the rephasing and non-rephasing signals necessary to generate absorptive spectra are collected simultaneously. Phase cycling is used to isolate the fifth-order from the third-order signals. The method is demonstrated on tungsten hexacarbonyl (W(CO)6) and dicarbonylacetylacetonato rhodium (I), for which the eigenstates are extracted up to the third excited state. Pulse shaping affords a high degree of control over 3D IR experiments by making possible mixed time- and frequency-domain experiments, fast data acquisition and straightforward implementation.
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- Sudipta S Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Milota F, Lincoln CN, Hauer J. Precise phasing of 2D-electronic spectra in a fully non-collinear phase-matching geometry. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:15904-15911. [PMID: 23842377 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.015904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report an experimental design for two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2D-ES) that avoids the need to measure notoriously weak pump-probe spectra. Retaining a fully non-collinear folded boxcar geometry, the described layout replaces pump-probe with heterodyned transient grating (het-TG). The absorptive component of the het-TG signal is measured directly, following a straightforward optimization routine. The use of het-TG achieves an improvement in signal to noise ratio by almost two orders of magnitude. As a result, 2D-ES-signals down to 0.5% can be clearly resolved.
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- Franz Milota
- Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27, 1040 Vienna, Austria
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