Time-Domain Photothermal AFM Spectroscopy via Femtosecond Pulse Shaping. 2022

Miriam Bohlmann Kunz, and Yulia Podorova, and Zachary T Armstrong, and Martin T Zanni
, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.

A time-domain version of photothermal microscopy using an atomic force microscope (AFM) is reported, which we call Fourier transform photothermal (FTPT) spectroscopy, where the delay between two laser pulses is varied and the Fourier transform is computed. An acousto-optic modulator-based pulse shaper sets the delay and phases of the pulses shot-to-shot at 100 kHz, enabling background subtraction and data collection in the rotating frame. The pulse shaper is also used to flatten the pulse spectrum, thereby eliminating the need for normalization by the laser spectrum. We demonstrate the method on 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (TIPS-Pn) microcrystals and Mn-phthalocyanine islands, confirming subdiffraction spatial resolution, and providing new spectroscopic insights likely linked to structural defects in the crystals.

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D009682 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Spectroscopic method of measuring the magnetic moment of elementary particles such as atomic nuclei, protons or electrons. It is employed in clinical applications such as NMR Tomography (MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING). In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy,MR Spectroscopy,Magnetic Resonance,NMR Spectroscopy,NMR Spectroscopy, In Vivo,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, NMR,Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopies,Magnetic Resonance, Nuclear,NMR Spectroscopies,Resonance Spectroscopy, Magnetic,Resonance, Magnetic,Resonance, Nuclear Magnetic,Spectroscopies, NMR,Spectroscopy, MR
D055095 Optics and Photonics A specialized field of physics and engineering involved in studying the behavior and properties of light and the technology of analyzing, generating, transmitting, and manipulating ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet range. Photonics,Photonics and Optics

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