Research topics

Ultrashort pulse generation and multi-color time-resolved spectrometers

We generate optical pulses as short as 10 fs in the tunable range of 480 - 700 nm by using noncollinear optical parametric amplifiers (NOPAs), and we carry out a variety of time-resolved spectroscopy experiments with the highest possible time resolution.

NOPA output

A two-color pump-probe spectrometer (vis-vis or uv-vis) enables us to observe excited state dynamics with 25 - 40 fs time resolution.
A femtosecond impulsive Raman spectrometer detects nuclear motion directly in the time domain and monitors changes in the instantaneous structure of the reacting molecules on the femtosecond time scale.

Femtosecond impulsive Raman spectrometer