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Photothermal Lens Spectrometry Of Homogeneous Fluids With Incoherent White‐Light Excitationusing A Cylindrical Sample Cell, Agnes Chartier, Stephen E. Bialkowski
Photothermal Lens Spectrometry Of Homogeneous Fluids With Incoherent White‐Light Excitationusing A Cylindrical Sample Cell, Agnes Chartier, Stephen E. Bialkowski
Stephen E. Bialkowski
A model for photothermal lens signal generation in a cylindrical sample cell under constant irradiance excitation is described and tested. The model is developed with and without the assumption that the sample cell does not change temperature over the irradiation time. In both cases, the photothermal lens is predicted to be parabolic in form with a strength that is independent of sample cell radius. The predicted irradiance independence suggests that incoherent illumination can be used to perform photothermal lens spectroscopy in low-volume cells. Experimental evidence is obtained using a Xe arc lamp to perform photothermal lens spectroscopy in a 6 …