Mid-infrared Energy Deposition Spectroscopy

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Main Authors: Yin, Jiaze, Pfluegl, Christian, Teng, Chu C., Bolarinho, Rylie, Chen, Guo, Gong, Xinrui, Dong, Dashan, Vakhshoori, Daryoosh, Cheng, Ji-Xin
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author Yin, Jiaze
Pfluegl, Christian
Teng, Chu C.
Bolarinho, Rylie
Chen, Guo
Gong, Xinrui
Dong, Dashan
Vakhshoori, Daryoosh
Cheng, Ji-Xin
author_facet Yin, Jiaze
Pfluegl, Christian
Teng, Chu C.
Bolarinho, Rylie
Chen, Guo
Gong, Xinrui
Dong, Dashan
Vakhshoori, Daryoosh
Cheng, Ji-Xin
contents Photothermal microscopy is an emerging tool for measuring light-matter interactions with single-molecule sensitivity. It is generally believed that the spectral acquisition speed in photothermal microscopy is limited by the slow thermal diffusion process. Here, we demonstrate mid-infrared energy deposition (MIRED) spectroscopy, which offers both microsecond-scale temporal resolution and sub-micron spatial resolution. In this approach, the photothermal process is optically probed while the infrared pulses from a quantum cascade laser array are rapidly tuned. Based on Newton's law, the energy deposition corresponds to the first derivative of local temperature rise over time and provides the instantaneous infrared absorption. By employing time-resolved measurement of transient energy deposition, the upper limit for spectrum encoding shifts to the vibrational relaxation level, which occurs on the picosecond scale. This method significantly increases the detection bandwidth while maintaining the sensitivity and resolution advantages of photothermal detection.
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spellingShingle Mid-infrared Energy Deposition Spectroscopy
Yin, Jiaze
Pfluegl, Christian
Teng, Chu C.
Bolarinho, Rylie
Chen, Guo
Gong, Xinrui
Dong, Dashan
Vakhshoori, Daryoosh
Cheng, Ji-Xin
Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Photothermal microscopy is an emerging tool for measuring light-matter interactions with single-molecule sensitivity. It is generally believed that the spectral acquisition speed in photothermal microscopy is limited by the slow thermal diffusion process. Here, we demonstrate mid-infrared energy deposition (MIRED) spectroscopy, which offers both microsecond-scale temporal resolution and sub-micron spatial resolution. In this approach, the photothermal process is optically probed while the infrared pulses from a quantum cascade laser array are rapidly tuned. Based on Newton's law, the energy deposition corresponds to the first derivative of local temperature rise over time and provides the instantaneous infrared absorption. By employing time-resolved measurement of transient energy deposition, the upper limit for spectrum encoding shifts to the vibrational relaxation level, which occurs on the picosecond scale. This method significantly increases the detection bandwidth while maintaining the sensitivity and resolution advantages of photothermal detection.
title Mid-infrared Energy Deposition Spectroscopy
topic Optics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19090