Date of Award
8-1-2018
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Organizational Unit
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Mark Siemens, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Kingshuk Gosh
Third Advisor
Gareth Eaton
Keywords
Dynamics, Femtosecond, Laser, Raman, Ultrafast, Vibrations
Abstract
Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (FSRS) is a ultrafast spectroscopy technique first implemented by chemists to understand isomerization and other ultrafast molecular morphology changes by resolving vibrational dynamics[1, 2, 3]. FSRS has an unparalleled temporal and spectral resolution [4, 1, 5, 6] that arises as a result of a clever combination of picosecond and femtosecond pulses. However, despite this capability, FSRS has yet to be applied to modern materials in condensed matter physics. This thesis explores the design and implementation of FSRS to study two-dimensional materials in order to measure their quantum confined vibrational dynamics on utlrafast time scales.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Daniel Hammerland
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
111 p.
Recommended Citation
Hammerland, Daniel, "Developing a Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Experiment for Solid State Materials" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1513.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1513
Copyright date
2018
Discipline
Condensed matter physics