Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 547-563.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2021.05.001

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Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and its applications

WANG Ye1;2, ZHANG Song1;2∗, ZHANG Bing1   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2021-07-01 Revised:2021-07-23 Published:2021-09-28 Online:2021-09-28

Abstract: The emergence of ultrafast laser spectroscopy technology has greatly promoted the deep understanding of the microscopic processes of ultrashort time scale (such as femtosecond) in many research fields. The principle and techniques of femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectra are introduced in detail. Combined with our research results, the application of this method in the study of the microscopic mechanism of ultrafast relaxations and interactions in the excited states of condensed molecular systems is demonstrated, especially for relaxation of excited states, evolution pathway and coherence of wavepacket, energy transfer, proton/charge transfer, molecular structural dynamics and so on. It is indicated that this method will play an important role in other related fields such as physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment and other interdisciplinary fields. Finally, the potential developments and further research trends of the ultrafast spectroscopy are prospected.

Key words: spectroscopy, ultrafast relaxation, femtosecond time-resolution, transient absorption, excited state dynamics

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