1st Edition

Time-Resolved Spectroscopy An Experimental Perspective

By Thomas Weinacht, Brett J. Pearson Copyright 2019
    372 Pages
    by CRC Press

    370 Pages 75 Color & 100 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    370 Pages 75 Color & 100 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This concise and carefully developed text offers a reader friendly guide to the basics of time-resolved spectroscopy with an emphasis on experimental implementation. The authors carefully explain and relate for the reader how measurements are connected to the core physical principles. They use the time-dependent wave packet as a building block for understanding quantum dynamics, progressively advancing to more complex topics. The topics are discussed in paired sections, one discussing the theory and the next presenting the related experimental methods.







    A wide range of readers including students and newcomers to the field will gain a clear and practical understanding of how to measure aspects of molecular dynamics such as wave packet motion, intramolecular vibrational relaxation, and electron-electron coupling, and how to describe such measurements mathematically.



    Contents



    Preface ix



    Authors xi



    Part I Introduction and Background 1



    Chapter 1 Introduction 3



    Chapter 2 Molecular Structure 11



    Chapter 3 Light–Matter Interaction 41



    Chapter 4 Introduction to Experimental Techniques 63



    Part II Quantum Dynamics in One Dimension 73



    Chapter 5 Field-Free Dynamics 75



    Chapter 6 Field-Driven Dynamics 93



    Part III Measurements of One Dimensional Dynamics 113



    Chapter 7 Incoherent Measurements in 1D 115



    Chapter 8 Coherent Optical Measurements in 1D 141



    Chapter 9 Coherent Diffractive Measurements in 1D 165



    Part IV Quantum Dynamics in Multiple Dimensions 183



    Chapter 10 Explicit Approach to N-D Dynamics 185



    Chapter 11 Implicit Approaches to N-D Dynamics 205



    Part V Measurements of Multidimensional Dynamics 215



    Chapter 12 Incoherent Measurements in ND 217



    Chapter 13 Coherent Optical Measurements in ND 241



    Chapter 14 Coherent Diffractive Measurements in ND 275



    Chapter 15 One System, Multiple Approaches 283



    Appendix A Quantum Mechanics Essentials 297



    Appendix B Experimental Considerations 317



    Appendix C Additional Problems 325



    Bibliography 327



    Index 337

    Biography

    Thomas Weinacht is a Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University in New York.



    He received his B.S. in physics from the University of Toronto 1995 and a Ph.D. in



    physics from the University of Michigan in 2000. He started his position at Stony



    Brook University in 2002. His research focuses on controlling and following molecular



    dynamics with strong-field ultrafast laser pulses. He has published extensively



    in both physics and chemistry journals, with an emphasis on interpreting experimental



    measurements. His research group has developed a number of experimental techniques,



    and he has organized multiple international conferences and workshops in the



    field of time-resolved spectroscopy. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society.



     



    Brett Pearson is an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dickinson College



    in Carlisle, PA. He obtained a B.A. in physics in 1997 from Grinnell College and



    then a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan in 2004. He was a postdoctoral



    fellow at Stony Brook University before moving to his current position. At Dickinson,



    Brett teaches across the curriculum and works with undergraduate students on



    research related to both ultrafast pulse shaping and single-photon quantum mechanics.