Title :
Towards measuring structural dynamics in complex molecules by excited state circular dichroism
Author :
Trifonov, A. ; Buchvarov, I. ; Fiebig, T.
Author_Institution :
Eugene F. Merkert Chem. Center, Beacon
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new approach to broad band circular dichroism spectroscopy using polarization controlled femtosecond white-light generation which allows measurement of the differential absorption of right and left circular polarized light across the entire white light spectrum.
Keywords :
circular dichroism; excited states; molecular configurations; time resolved spectra; visible spectra; broad band circular dichroism spectroscopy; complex molecular structural dynamics; differential absorption measurement; excited state circular dichroism; polarization controlled femtosecond white-light generation; Chemistry; Instruments; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Signal resolution; Spectroscopy; Time measurement; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386846