Browsing Chemistry by Subject "Optics"
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ADVANCEMENTS IN STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY
Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy has transformed our ability to image chemical and biological systems because of its sub-micrometer resolution and molecular specificity. However, limitations in small spectral ... -
A Broadband Optical Ring Resonator for Absorption and Refractive Index Detection
(2013-07-23)Optical ring resonators have been studied in recent years as chemical sensors. Conventionally, these devices are operated by means of tracking a single resonance wavelength through use of a finely tunable laser source. ... -
Developing Analytical Nonlinear Microscopy Techniques to Study Biomedical Systems
Analytical nonlinear microscopy (ANM) is an indispensable tool for quantitative imaging. Specifically, ANM has found significant utility for characterization of dynamic biomedical systems due to its high spatial and temporal ... -
Insight into the Local Solvent Environment of Biologically Relevant Iron-nitroysl Systems through Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy
Iron-nitrosyl systems, particularly in the form of heme proteins, with their iron metal active sites play an important role in biological systems. Heme proteins act as storage, transporters, and receptors for nitric oxide ... -
Modeling the diffraction-limited images of interacting emitters and plasmonic nanoantennas
The combination of optical microscopy and nanoscale antennas has great potential, but numerous complexities must first be understood. In this dissertation I use simple mathematical models of plasmonic nanoantennas interacting ... -
Next-Generation Nanospectroscopy: Analytical and Numerical Models of New Developments in Electron Beam and Scanning Probe Experiments
The research field of nanophotonics, which aims to understand the propagation of light at the nanoscale and design novel optically-active materials, has risen to prominence since the discovery of the surface plasmon in ... -
Photochemical dynamics of laser-irradiated semiconductor nanostructures
Unique and novel applications of nanoscale materials are continuously being found. Applications span across many fields, including medicine, physics, chemistry, and engineering. Properties of nanoparticles are commonly ... -
Plasmon Hybridization in Clusters of Metal Nanoparticles and Magnetic Nanoparticle Oligomers
As the field of plasmonics develops, new knobs to turn and levers to pull become available to researchers. From the morphology and material composition of individual nanoparticles to background environments tunable in real ... -
Synthesis, Applications, and Optical Properties of Rare Earth Fluorides for Laser Refrigeration
One of the most powerful scientific tools available to studying natural phenomena is light. For spectroscopic analysis, Light has uses in nearly every branch of science, yet light has the often unintended side effect of ...