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Lasers! What are they good for?

This presentation by Kevin Schultz explores the remarkable capabilities of lasers in biological and chemical applications. With a foundation in atomic physics, Schultz is developing a user facility to harness the optical properties of photovoltaics for diverse scientific experiments. He discusses significant aspects of laser technology, including spontaneous and stimulated emission, absorption spectra, laser-induced fluorescence, and advanced spectroscopy techniques. These advancements enhance detection sensitivity and facilitate innovative research in molecular interactions and reaction dynamics.

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Lasers! What are they good for?

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  1. Lasers! What are they good for? Applications in Biology and Chemistry Kevin Schultz Dept. of Physics and Astronomy APSU

  2. My Background • Trained in atomic physics. • Atomic hydrogen good. • All else Bad! • Moving on… $500k to build a lab to study the optical properties of photovoltaics • Many of the instruments can be used for chemistry and biology • So… make a user facility!

  3. a few, uh, provisos… A couple of quid pro quo. • I am not a chemist • I am not a biologist • I have never performed any of these experiments • I would like to though...

  4. Lasers Spontaneous Emission Stimulated Emission Absorption • Monochromatic… Usually • Line-widths of ~30GHz can be obtained (<1cm-1) .Less than many atomic transitions. • Wavelength stability to better than 1 part in 108 • Coherent • Spectrally bright. Lots of photons can be imaged on a sample (some lasers are 1020 times brighter than the sun!) • Directional • Makes interferometric techniques easier

  5. Spectroscopy • Absorption Spectrum given by • ΔI(λ)=Io(λ)-IT(λ) • Advantages of Laser Spectroscopy • No need for a monochromator • Resolution limited only be the absorbing molecular transitions • Detection sensitivity increases with increasing spectral resolution • Long absorption cells can be used Example: a 1m spectrograph has ~0.01nm resolution corresponding to Δν=12GHz at λ=500nm Doppler Width of a molecule at room temperature ~1GHz Single mode lasers have resolutions sub-kHz->ΔI/I 12 times larger than conventional absorption spectroscopy! Image from: Demtroder. Laser Spectroscopy

  6. Lasers in Spectroscopy Image from: Demtroder. Laser Spectroscopy

  7. Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy • Assume a cavity with two mirrors with reflectivity R • The transmission of the mirror is then • T=1-R-A<<1, where A includes other losses • After a time t the detected power will be • P(t)=P1exp(-t/τ1) • The decay times with and without the sample are measured and it can be shown: • αL=(1-R)Δτ/τ1 • Let R=99.99%, Δτ/τ1=10-4 αL=10-8 • For L=1m α=10-10cm-1 Image from: Demtroder. Laser Spectroscopy

  8. Fluorescence I Images from Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

  9. Laser Induced Fluorescence • Advantages: • Single excitation makes a simpler spectrum and thus easier level identification • Stronger excitation levels, allows for detection of transitions with small Franck-Condon Factors • High sensitivity allows reconstruction of potential curves • Can determine population distributions • Level spacings of polyatomic molecules show signatures of chaos. Images from: Demtroder. Laser Spectroscopy

  10. Non-linear Spectroscopy

  11. Saturation Spectroscopy

  12. Laser Raman Spectroscopy • Lasers are an improvement for Raman Spectroscopy • Fluorescence minimized • Overcomes weak Raman effect • Used in Analytic Chemistry • Surface studies • FT-Raman similar to FTIR • Raman microscopy possible Images: McCreery, Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis

  13. Time Resolved Methods

  14. Time-resolved FluorescenceTime Domain Images from Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

  15. Time-resolved FluorescenceFrequency Domain Images from Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

  16. Time-resolved Fluorescence Time Domain Lifetime Measurement Frequency Domain Lifetime Measurement Images from Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

  17. Pump-Probe Spectroscopy Images: Lutz, et.alPNAS, vol. 98, 962—967, 2001

  18. Multiphoton Microscopy

  19. Multi-photon Microscopy II Handbook of biomedical nonlinear optical microscopy‬ By Barry R. Masters, Peter T. C. So

  20. Confocal Microscopy Wikimedia: Diaspro, Bianchini, Vicidomini, Faretta, Ramoino and Usai

  21. Optical Coherence Spectroscopy medOCT group, Center of biomedical Engineering and Physics, Medical University Vienna

  22. Stuff I Left Out • Ionization Spectroscopy • Two-Photon Ionization Spectroscopy • Optogalvanic Spectroscopy • Photoacoustic Spectroscopy • Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy • Laser Magnetic Resonance and Stark Spectroscopy • Polarization Spectroscopy • Saturated Interference Spectroscopy • Doppler Free MultiphotonSpectoscopy • Doppler Free Laser-InucedDichroism and Birefringence • Hetrodyne Polarization Spectroscopy • Stimulated Raman Scattering • Coherent Anti Stokes Raman Spectoscopy (CARS) • Resonant CARS • Hi Anna • BOX-CARS • Hyper-Raman Effect • Firckin’ lasers • Resonance Raman Effect • Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy • Laser Spectroscopy of Molecular Beams • Cluster Spectroscopy • Nonlinear spectroscopy in Molecular beamsLaser Spectroscopy of Fast Ion Beams • Spectroscopy of Radioactive Elements • Photofragmentation Spectroscopy • Laser Photodetachment Spectroscopy • Mass Spectrometry • Optical Pumping • XKCD • Laser Spectroscopy of Fast Ion Beams • Spectroscopy of Radioactive Elements • Photofragmentation Spectroscopy • Laser Spectroscopy of Fast Ion Beams • Spectroscopy of Radioactive Elements • Photofragmentation Spectroscopy • Laser Photodetachment Spectroscopy • Mass Spectrometry • Laser Spectroscopy of Fast Ion Beams • Spectroscopy of Radioactive Elements • Photofragmentation Spectroscopy • LaserPhotodetachment Spectroscopy • Mass Spectrometry • Optical Pumping • Laser-RF Double Resonance Spectroscopy • Laser-microwave Double Resonance Spectroscopy • Optical-Optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy • Bored yet • Triple Resonance Spectroscopy • OODR Polarization Spectroscopy • Hole-burning and Ion-Dip Double-Resonance Spectroscopy • Level-crossing Spectroscopy • Quantum Beat Spectroscopy • Excitation and Detection of wave-packets • Photon Echoes • Optical Free-induction Decay • Heterodyne Spectroscopy • Correlation Spectroscopy • Single-molecule detection • Spectroscopy of collision processes • Spectroscopy of Reactive collisions • Photon Assisted Collision Energy Transfer • Optical Cooling and Trapping • Single Ion Spectroscopy • Bose-Einstein Condensation • Optical Ramsey Fringes • Hi Gracie • Atom Interferometry • Spectral resolution within atomic line-widths • Absolute Optical Frequency Measurement and Standards • Optical Squeezing • Laser Induced Chemical Reactions • Laser Femtosecond Chemistry • Isotope Separation with lasers • LIDAR • Spectroscopy of Combustion Processes • Energy Transfer in DNA complexes • Laser Diagnosis and Therapy • AND SO ON…

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