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Steady‐State Absorption Rate Models For Use In Relaxation Rate Studies With Continuous Laserexcited Photothermal Lens Spectrometry, Stephen E. Bialkowski
Steady‐State Absorption Rate Models For Use In Relaxation Rate Studies With Continuous Laserexcited Photothermal Lens Spectrometry, Stephen E. Bialkowski
Stephen E. Bialkowski
This paper examines the solutions of kinetic rate equations for prediction of the photothermal lens signals under irradiance conditions that can lead to optical saturation or bleaching. The relaxation kinetics resulting from forcing excited state populations in multiple levels by high excitation irradiance continuous lasers is examined and irradiance-dependent photothermal lens signals are predicted. The analyses described in this paper are based on simple kinetic models for optical excitation and subsequent excited state relaxation. Dark-state relaxation is assumed to be extremely fast compared to limiting kinetics resulting in simplified excited state models. Kinetic models are derived for two, four and …