| Description |
1 online resource (653 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 The Beer-Lambert Law -- 1.3 Regions of the Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 1.4 Absorption Spectra of Proteins and Nucleic Acids -- 1.5 Absorption Spectra of Mixtures -- 1.6 The Photoelectric Effect -- 1.7 Techniques for Measuring Absorbance -- 1.8 Pump-Probe and Photon-Echo Experiments -- 1.9 Linear and Circular Dichroism -- 1.10 Distortions of Absorption Spectra by Light Scattering or Nonuniform Distributions of the Absorbing Molecules -- 1.11 Fluorescence -- 1.12 IR and Raman Spectroscopy -- 1.13 Lasers |
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1.14 Nomenclature -- 1.15 Questions -- References -- 2: Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics -- 2.1 Wavefunctions, Operators and Expectation Values -- 2.1.1 Wavefunctions -- 2.1.2 Operators and Expectation Values -- Box 2.1 Operators for Observable Properties Must Be Hermitian -- Box 2.2 Commutators and Formulations of the Position, Momentum and Hamiltonian Operators -- 2.2 The Time-Dependent and Time-Independent Schrödinger Equations -- Box 2.3 The Origin of the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation -- 2.2.1 Superposition States -- 2.3 Spatial Wavefunctions -- 2.3.1 A Free Particle |
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2.3.2 A Particle in a Box -- Box 2.4 Linear Momentum -- 2.3.3 The Harmonic Oscillator -- Box 2.5 Hermite Polynomials -- 2.3.4 Atomic Orbitals -- 2.3.5 Molecular Orbitals -- 2.3.6 Wavefunctions for Large Systems -- 2.4 Spin Wavefunctions and Singlet and Triplet States -- Box 2.6 Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Statistics -- 2.5 Transitions Between States: Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory -- 2.6 Lifetimes of States and the Uncertainty Principle -- 2.7 Questions -- References -- 3: Light -- 3.1 Electromagnetic Fields -- 3.1.1 Electrostatic Forces and Fields |
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3.1.2 Electrostatic Potentials -- 3.1.3 Electromagnetic Radiation -- Box 3.1 Maxwellś Equations and the Vector Potential -- 3.1.4 Energy Density and Irradiance -- 3.1.5 Electromagnetic Momentum -- 3.2 The Black-Body Radiation Law -- 3.3 Linear and Circular Polarization -- 3.4 Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation -- 3.5 Superposition States and Interference Effects in Quantum Optics -- 3.6 Refraction, Evanescent Radiation, and Surface Plasmons -- 3.7 The Classical Theory of Dielectric Dispersion -- 3.8 Nonlinear Optics -- 3.9 Birefringence and Electro-Optic Effects |
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3.10 Optical Wavepackets and Mode-Locked Lasers -- 3.11 Local-Field Correction Factors -- 3.12 Questions -- References -- 4: Electronic Absorption -- 4.1 Interactions of Electrons with Oscillating Electric Fields -- Box 4.1 Energy of a Dipole in an External Electric Field -- Box 4.2 Multipole Expansion of the Energy of a Set of Charges in a Variable External Field -- 4.2 The Rates of Absorption and Stimulated Emission -- Box 4.3 The Behavior of the Function [exp(iy)-1]/y as y goes to 0 -- Box 4.4 The Function sin2x/x2 and Its Integral -- 4.3 Transition Dipoles and Dipole Strengths |
| Summary |
The 3rd edition of this textbook offers clear explanations of optical spectroscopic phenomena and shows how spectroscopic techniques are used in modern chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics. Topics included are: electronic and vibrational absorption fluorescence symmetry operations and normal-mode calculations electron transfer from excited molecules energy transfer exciton interactions electronic and vibrational circular dichroism coherence and dephasing ultrafast pump-probe and photon-echo spectroscopy single-molecule and fluorescence-correlation spectroscopy Raman scattering multiphoton absorption quantum optics and non-linear optics entropy changes during photoexcitation electronic and vibrational Stark effects studies of fast processes in single molecules two-dimensional electronic and vibrational spectroscopy This revised and updated edition provides expanded discussions of laser spectroscopy, crystal symmetry, birefringence, non-linear optics, solar cells and light-emitting diodes. The explanations are sufficiently thorough and detailed to be useful for researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics. They are based on time-dependent quantum mechanics, but are developed from first principles so that they can be understood by readers with little prior training in the field. Additional topics and highlights are presented in special boxes in the text. The book is richly illustrated with color figures throughout. Each chapter ends with a section of questions for self-examination |
| Notes |
Box 4.5 The Oscillating Electric Dipole of a Superposition State |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 15, 2023) |
| Subject |
Optical spectroscopy.
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Optical spectroscopy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burda, Clemens.
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| ISBN |
9783031172229 |
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3031172221 |
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