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WWW.LIGHTCON.COM | [email protected] | REV. 200114 48 AUTOCORRELATORS | SPECTROMETERS | OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS | HARMONICS GENERATORS | OSCILLATORS | ULTRAFAST LASERS Comprehensive Spectroscopy System The HARPIA comprehensive spectroscopy system performs a variety of sophisticated time-resolved spectroscopy measurements in a compact footprint. It also offers an intuitive user experience and easy day-to-day maintenance meeting the needs of today's scientific applications. Despite its small size, the HARPIA system is easily customizable and can be tailored to specific measurement needs. The system is configured around the HARPIA-TA transient absorption spectrometer and can be expanded using time-correlated single-photon counting and fluorescence upconversion (HARPIA-TF), third beam delivery (HARPIA-TB) and microscopy modules. Switching between different measurement modes is mostly automated and requires very little user interaction. Adhering to the standards set by the ORPHEUS product line, each module is contained in a single monolithic aluminium body ensuring excellent optical stability and minimal optical path lengths. For a robust and versatile single-supplier solution the HARPIA spectroscopy system can be combined with a PHAROS or a CARBIDE laser together with ORPHEUS series OPAs. HARPIA also supports Ti:Sa lasers with TOPAS series OPAs. MEASUREMENT MODES: Femtosecond transient absorption and reflection Femtosecond transient absorption and reflection microscopy Femtosecond multi-pulse transient absorption and reflection Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion Picosecond-to-microsecond fluorescence using TCSPC Intensity-dependent transient absorption and reflection, time-resolved fluorescence Time-resolved femtosecond stimulated Raman scattering (FSRS) Flash photolysis

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Comprehensive Spectroscopy System

The HARPIA comprehensive spectroscopy system performs a variety of sophisticated time-resolved spectroscopy measurements in a compact footprint. It also offers an intuitive user experience and easy day-to-day maintenance meeting the needs of today's scientific applications. Despite its small size, the HARPIA system is easily customizable and can be tailored to specific measurement needs.

The system is configured around the HARPIA-TA transient absorption spectrometer and can be expanded using time-correlated single-photon counting and fluorescence upconversion (HARPIA-TF), third beam delivery (HARPIA-TB) and microscopy modules. Switching between different measurement modes is mostly automated and requires very little user interaction.

Adhering to the standards set by the ORPHEUS product line, each module is contained in a single monolithic aluminium body ensuring excellent optical stability and minimal optical path lengths. For a robust and versatile single-supplier solution the HARPIA spectroscopy system can be combined with a PHAROS or a CARBIDE laser together with ORPHEUS series OPAs. HARPIA also supports Ti:Sa lasers with TOPAS series OPAs.

MEASUREMENT MODES: ᰋ Femtosecond transient absorption and reflection ᰋ Femtosecond transient absorption and reflection

microscopy ᰋ Femtosecond multi-pulse transient absorption and

reflection ᰋ Femtosecond fluorescence upconversion ᰋ Picosecond-to-microsecond fluorescence using TCSPC ᰋ Intensity-dependent transient absorption and reflection,

time-resolved fluorescence ᰋ Time-resolved femtosecond stimulated Raman

scattering (FSRS) ᰋ Flash photolysis

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Ultrafast Multi-pulse Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

Ultrafast Transient Absorption, TCSPC and Fluorescence Upconversion Spectroscopy

Ultrafast Multi-pulse Transient Absorption, TCSPC and Fluorescence Upconversion Spectroscopy

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The HARPIA-TA ultrafast transient absorption spectrometer features market-leading characteristics such as 0.05 mOD (10-⁴ ΔT/T) sensitivity and the ability to work at high repetition rates up to 1 MHz, when used with a PHAROS or a CARBIDE laser and an ORPHEUS OPA. A high repetition rate allows measuring transient absorption dynamics, while exciting the samples with low pulse energies down to several nanojoules.

Several probe configurations and detection options are available: from simple and cost-effective photodiodes for single-wavelength detection, to white-light supercontinuum probing, combined with spectrally-resolved broadband detection. HARPIA-TA features integrated data acquisition and measurement control electronics providing advanced features such as:

ᰋ Single (sample-only) or multiple (sample and reference) integrated spectral detectors

ᰋ Simple integration of an external spectrograph ᰋ Automated pump and probe beam position tracking and

alignment ᰋ Straightforward switching between transient absorption

and transient reflection measurements

HARPIA-TA optical layout for pump-probe experiments

APPLICATION FIELDS ᰋ Photochemistry

ᰋ Photobiology

ᰋ Photophysics

ᰋ Material science

ᰋ Semiconductor physics

ᰋ Time-resolved spectroscopy

Several delay line options are available to cover delay ranges from 2 ns to 8 ns using either linear leadscrew (20 mm/s) or fast ball-screw (300 mm/s) translation stages.

Various optomechanical peripherals and electronics are integrated in HARPIA including:

ᰋ Optical chopper which can be synchronized to an external trigger

ᰋ Motorized Berek polarization compensator to adjust the polarization of the pump beam

ᰋ Motorized translating supercontinuum generator (for use with CaF₂ or MgF₂)

ᰋ Automated sample mover to translate the sample in the focal plane, thus avoiding local sample overexposure

ᰋ Integrated computer and data acquisition electronics ᰋ Sample stirrer ᰋ Beam profiler

HARPIA-TA is compatible with many cryostats and peristaltic pumps. The capabilities of the spectrometer can be further extended using expansion modules.

Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectrometer

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SPECIFICATIONSProbe wavelength range, white light supercontinuum generator pumped by 1030 nm 480 – 1100 nm

Probe wavelength range, white light supercontinuum generator pumped by 515 nm 350 – 750 nm

Probe wavelength range, white light supercontinuum generator pumped by 800 nm 350 – 1100 nm

Spectral range of multichannel detectors 200 – 1100 nm, 700 – 1800 nm or 1.2 – 2.6 μm

Spectral range of single-channel detectors 180 nm – 24 μm

Delay range 4 ns, 6 ns or 8 ns

Delay resolution 4.2 fs, 6.3 fs or 8.3 fs

Laser repetition rate 1 – 1000 kHz

Time resolution <1.4x of pump or probe pulse duration, whichever is longer

Physical dimensions, L×W×H 730 × 420 × 160 mm ¹⁾

Sample chamber area 205 × 215 mm

1) Without external spectrograph.

HARPIA-TA outline drawings

Custom cryostat mounting option

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HARPIA optical layout for fluorescence upconversion measurements

The HARPIA-TF is a time-resolved fluorescence measurement module which combines fluorescence upconversion and TCSPC techniques. In fluorescence upconversion, the signal from the sample is mixed in a nonlinear crystal with a gating femtosecond pulse to achieve high temporal resolution, which is limited by the duration of the gate pulse and is in the range of 250 fs. For fluorescence decay times exceeding 150 ps, the instrument can be used in time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) mode to measure kinetic traces in the 200 ps – 2 μs range. The HARPIA-TF module supports Becker&Hickl TCSPC devices and detectors.

The combination of these two time-resolved fluorescence techniques enables the measurement of spectrally-resolved fluorescence decay in the femtosecond to microsecond range.

With the use of a high repetition rate PHAROS or CARBIDE laser, the fluorescence dynamics can be measured while exciting the samples with low pulse energies down to several nanojoules.

FEATURES ᰋ Combined femtosecond upconversion and TCSPC

measurement in a small footprint

ᰋ Straightforward operation and easy day-to-day maintenance

ᰋ Works as an add-on to a HARPIA-TA or as a standalone unit

ᰋ Easy switching between fluorescence upconversion and TCSPC modes

ᰋ Compatible with PHAROS and CARBIDE series lasers running at 50 – 1000 kHz

ᰋ Analog PMT detector option for fluorescence upconversion

ᰋ Automated spectral scanning and calibration of upconversion crystal and prism

ᰋ Measurement of fluorescence dynamics in the femtosecond to microsecond range

ᰋ Full control over the following parameters of the pump beam:

– Polarization (using a Berek polarization compensator)

– Intensity (using manual or automated continuously variable neutral density filters)

– Gate delay (using an optical delay line)

ᰋ Spectrally-resolved fluorescence detection using a monochromator

ᰋ When combined with a HARPIA-TA main unit, a single monochromator can be used for both time-resolved absorption and fluorescence measurements with no detector swapping necessary. Other monochromator options are available, such as a double subtractive monochromator for higher TCSPC time resolution

Femtosecond Fluorescence Upconversion and TCSPC Module

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SPECIFICATIONSTCSPC MODETCSPC module Becker&Hickl SPC 130 ¹⁾

Photomultiplier Becker&Hickl PMC-150 or HPM-100

Emission wavelength range 300 – 820 nm

Intrinsic time resolution <200 ps

Time resolution with monochromator <1.2 ns ²⁾

SNR < 100 : 1, assuming 5 s averaging per trace ³⁾

UPCONVERSION MODEWavelength range 300 – 1600 nm ⁴⁾

Wavelength resolution Limited by the bandwidth of the gating pulse, typically around 100 cm-1

Delay range 4 ns, 6 ns or 8 ns

Delay resolution 4.2 fs, 6.3 fs or 8.3 fs

Time resolution < 1.4× of the pump or probe pulse duration, whichever is longer, 420 fs with a PHAROS laser ⁵⁾

SNR 65:1, assuming 0.5 s averaging per point ⁶⁾

Principle of time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) Principle of time-resolved fluorescence upconversion

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1) Visit www.becker-hickl.de for specifications.2) Estimated as the FWHM of the upconverted white-light supercontinuum

generated in the sample.3) Estimated by fitting a kinetic trace measured in Rhodamine 6G solution at

580 nm with multiple exponents, subtracting the fit from the data and taking the ratio between the standard deviation of the residuals and the 0.5 × maximum signal value. Laser repetition rate 250 kHz. Not applicable to all samples and configurations.

4) Depending on the gating source, full range covered with different nonlinear crystals.

5) Estimated as the FWHM of the upconverted white-light supercontinuum generated in the sample or the derivative of the rise of the upconversion signal.

6) Estimated as the standard deviation of a set of 100 points at 50 ps intervals measured in Rhodamine 6G dye at an upconverted wavelength of 360 nm using a PHAROS laser running at 150 kHz repetition rate. Not applicable to all samples and configurations.

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Third Beam Delivery Module

When standard spectroscopy tools are not enough to unravel the intricate ultrafast dynamics of photoactive systems, multi-pulse time-resolved spectroscopic techniques can be utilized to yield additional insight. The HARPIA-TB is a third beam delivery module for the HARPIA-TA main unit that adds an additional dimension to time-resolved absorption measurements. It allows an additional temporally-delayed laser pulse to be introduced before or during the pump-probe interaction in order to perturb the ongoing photodynamics.

In a pump-dump-probe (PDP) configuration, an auxiliary pulse resonant to a stimulated emission transition band can deliberately depopulate the excited state and thereby revert the excited system back to the ground state.

In a pump-repump-probe (PrPP) configuration, the wavelength of the additional pulse corresponds to an induced absorption resonance and thus is able to elevate the system to a higher excited state (which may or may not be detectable in the nonperturbed photoevolution), or return it to an earlier transient state.

In a pre-pump-pump-probe (pPPP) configuration, the auxiliary pulse is resonant to an electronic ground-to-excited state transition, i.e., S0Sn, which makes it possible to either replenish the excited state population or to prepare a small portion of the excited state population before the main pump pulse.

Since the probe and the auxiliary pulse can be delayed in time with respect to each other, kinetic trace and action trace experiments can be performed using a HARPIA-TB module. In kinetic trace mode, the evolution of the system perturbed by the additional pulse is tracked by scanning the time delay of the probe pulse. In action trace mode, the influence of the exact timing of the peturbation is investigated by scanning the delay of the additional pulse.

Moreover, HARPIA-TB can be utilized to deliver frequency-narrowed picosecond pulses, thus providing the capability to perform time-resolved femtosecond stimulated Raman scattering (FSRS) measurements.

FEATURES ᰋ Can be installed as an add-on to a HARPIA-TA

ᰋ Provides an additional temporal dimension to pump-probe measurements

ᰋ Provides additional insight into complex photodynamic systems

ᰋ Full control of the third beam:

– Polarization (using a manual or automated Berek polarization compensator)

– Intensity (using a manual or an automated continuously variable neutral density filter)

– Delay (using an automated 2 ns or 4 ns optical delay line)

ᰋ Z-scan support

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State transitions and pulse timing in multi-pulse time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy

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Outline drawings of HARPIA system with HARPIA-TB and HARPIA-TF modules

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Switching between bulk and microscopic pump-probe modes can be done without disturbing the sample

The microscopy module is an add-on to a standard HARPIA-TA body and enables spatially-resolved pump-probe measurements with a sub-5 μm resolution. Broadband and monochromatic probe beam options are supported. The user can switch between bulk and microscopic pump-probe modes without disturbing the sample by swapping self-contained bulk and microscopy modules that are mounted on kinematic bases. A 3D motorized stage allows the sample to be positioned and scanned in a 13 × 13 × 13 mm³ volume. Samples of various thicknesses can be accommodated using an optional motorized objective stage. The sample holder comes with cassettes for various sample types and sizes. The module can be configured in either transmission or reflection geometry, and the sample can be observed using a conventional brightfield mode to determine the pump-probe spot position.

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SPECIFICATIONSSpatial resolution 5 μm

Working distance 15 mm

Spectral range 480 – 1100 nm

Temporal resolution 500 fs

Sample motion range 13 × 13 × 13 mm³

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HARPIA SOFTWAREA single application for transient absorption, fluorescence upconversion and TCSPC measurements, featuring:

ᰋ Intuitive and user-friendly interface ᰋ Wizards to guide measurements and calibration ᰋ Measurement presets ᰋ Optional advanced measurement post-processing

(data balancing for noise suppression, signal saturation detection, outlier detection, etc.)

ᰋ Diagnostics and data export tools ᰋ REST API for remote experiment control using third-party

software ᰋ API examples using LabView, Python and MATLAB ᰋ Automatic software update

CARPETVIEW DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWAREAn advanced ultrafast spectroscopy data analysis application, featuring:

ᰋ Advanced visualization and data export tools ᰋ Publication-quality graph preparation ᰋ Advanced data wrangling: slicing, merging, cropping,

shifting, smoothing, fitting, subtracting, etc. ᰋ Probe spectral chirp correction and calibration using a

reference transient absorption spectrum ᰋ Advanced global and target analysis:

– Fitting to user-defined physical compartment model

– Probe spectral chirp correction and deconvolution with an instrument response function

ᰋ Support for three-dimensional data sets (2D electronic spectroscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging)

Global and target analysis window of CarpetView

HARPIA Software main window

Software

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Measured difference absorption spectra of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots using low- and high-repetition rate lasers with 5 s acquisition time

Best-effort signal-to-noise ratios, achieved with HARPIA-TA spectrometer driven by a Ti:Sapphire laser operating at 1 kHz (red) and a PHAROS laser operating at 64 kHz (blue)

The HARPIA spectroscopy system achieves an excellent signal-to-noise ratio at high repetition rate and low energy excitation conditions. The graphs below compare the SNR of difference absorption spectra obtained with a Ti:Sapphire laser running at 1 kHz and a PHAROS laser running at 64 kHz with the same acquisition time.

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Fluorescence dynamics of DCM laser dye in solution acquired using HARPIA-TF in fluorescence upconversion mode

MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS

Pulse repetition rate: 100 kHzPump wavelength: 490 nmPump energy: <10 nJAcquisition time: 13 s per spectrum (per delay point)

Pump-probe spot marked by the small circle

Single perovskite crystallite pump-probe spectral kinetics, pump at 400 nm

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Pulse repetition rate: 200 kHzPump wavelength: 400 nmPump energy: 2 nJAcquisition time: 0.5 s per spectrumObjective: Plan Fluor 4x/0.13

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FLUORESCENCE UPCONVERSIONFEMTOSECOND PUMP-PROBE

FEMTOSECOND PUMP-PROBE MICROSPECTROSCOPY

HARPIA PERFORMANCE AT HIGH REPETITION RATES

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575 nm635 nm

Pump-dump-probe dynamics of DCM laser dye with dump pulse resonant to the emission band of DCM

MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS

Pulse repetition rate: 50 kHzPump wavelength: 515 nmDump wavelength: 700 nmDump delay: 21 psPump energy: 90 nJDump energy: 190 nJ

MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS

Pulse repetition rate: 1.8 kHzPump wavelength: 343 nmPump energy: 5.4 μJ

MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS

Pulse repetition rate: 75 kHzPump wavelength: 700 nmAcquisition time: 1 s per point

Nanosecond spectral dynamics of meso-Tetraphenylporphine in solution acquired using HARPIA in flash photolysis mode

Pump-probe dynamics of GaAs wafer in IR measured using signal and reference single-channel detectors

10

0

Wavelength, nm500 600 700 800

Wavelength, nm500 600 700 800

10

10

8 6 4 2 0

00 fs50 ns1 µs

622 nm679 nm776 nm

∆Abs

., mOD

∆Abs., mOD

102

10

0

-10

-20

103

Prob

e tim

e, n

s

102

10

0

-10

-20

103

Prob

e tim

e, n

s

4

2

-2

0

Wavelength, nm

7960 7980 8000 8020 8040

Wavelength, nm

7960 7980 8000 8020 8040

-2 0 2 4

2.5 -2.50.0

7965 nm 7995 nm

8010 nm7980 nm

5 ps 1 ps 10 ps 100 ps 1 ns

∆A

bs.

, mO

D

∆Abs., mOD

102

101

-101

100

-100

0

103

Pro

be

tim

e, p

s

102

101

-101

100

-100

0

103

Pro

be

tim

e, p

s

IR FEMTOSECOND PUMP-PROBE

FEMTOSECOND PUMP-DUMP-PROBE

FLASH PHOTOLYSIS