Optical Response of Fluorescent Molecules Studied by Synthetic Femtosecond Laser Pulses
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- 作者：Arkaprabha Konar ; Jay D. Shah ; Vadim V. Lozovoy ; Marcos Dantus
- 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：May 17, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：3
- 期：10
- 页码：1329-1335
- 全文大小：449K
- 年卷期：v.3,no.10(May 17, 2012)
- ISSN：1948-7185
文摘
The optical response of the fluorescent molecule IR144 in solution is probed by pairs of collinear pulses with intensity just above the linear dependence using two different pulse shaping methods. The first approach mimics a Michelson interferometer, while the second approach, known as multiple independent comb shaping (MICS), eliminates spectral interference. The comparison of interfering and non-interfering pulses reveals that linear interference between the pulses leads to the loss of experimental information at early delay times. In both cases, the delay between the pulses is controlled with attosecond resolution and the sample fluorescence and stimulated emission are monitored simultaneously. An out-of-phase behavior is observed for fluorescence and stimulated emission, with the fluorescence signal having a minimum at zero time delay. Experimental findings are modeled using a two-level system with relaxation that closely matches the phase difference between fluorescence and stimulated emission and the relative intensities of the measured effects.