Broadband transient dichroism spectroscopy in chiral molecules

Opt Lett. 2010 Feb 1;35(3):381-3. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.000381.

Abstract

We perform time-resolved broadband transmission ellipsometry using the ultrafast pump-probe technique in an original setup. Our setup allows us to measure, over a wide spectral range, the optical rotary dispersion of the sample or, when needed, its circular dichroism by adding a broadband quarter-wave plate. While our experiment has been designed to study the transient states in chiral molecules, it performs sufficiently well to also characterize the ground state.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Circular Dichroism / methods*
  • Computer Communication Networks
  • Computers
  • Equipment Design
  • Lasers
  • Light
  • Optics and Photonics / methods
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Peptides