https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04952
Transient absorption @[email protected] using two pulses (strong pump and weak probe) and capable of achieving a high temporal resolution. A pump pulse excites the sample and triggers the process under investigation. A second delayed pulse, the probe, monitors an optical property. By varying the time delay between the pump and probe pulses, it is possible to assemble measurements as a function of time. The probe pulse is typically a UV, @[email protected] or @[email protected] pulse in which case a snap-shot spectrum is taken as a function of the delay time. Often the probe pulse is generated from a portion of the excitation beam, but it can also be an independently generated electromagnetic pulse.
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In the case of an optical probe, this interaction is formally a non-linear optical process that is third-order in @[email protected] The excitation intensity to create the @[email protected] constitutes a two-field interaction and the determination of the change in the time-dependent optical properties involves a third field @[email protected] the induced time-dependent changes in the 'linear susceptibility'. Diffractive probes (e.g., electrons and X-rays) can also be used, in which case one measures a @[email protected] pattern as a function of time.
In the case of an optical probe, this interaction is formally a non-linear optical process that is third-order in @[email protected] The excitation intensity to create the @[email protected] constitutes a two-field interaction and the determination of the change in the time-dependent optical properties involves a third field @[email protected] the induced time-dependent changes in the 'linear susceptibility'. Diffractive probes (e.g., electrons and X-rays) can also be used, in which case one measures a @[email protected] pattern as a function of time.