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Spectroscopic Measurement

An Introduction to the Fundamentals

  • 2nd Edition - January 10, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Mark A. Linne
  • Language: English

Spectroscopic Measurement: An Introduction to the Fundamentals, Second Edition contains the foundational topics associated with optical spectroscopic techniques, covering the ba… Read more

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Spectroscopic Measurement: An Introduction to the Fundamentals, Second Edition contains the foundational topics associated with optical spectroscopic techniques, covering the basic theory of applied spectroscopy and presenting alternative approaches to understand physical processes. Electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, molecular spectroscopy, optics, and radiation form the foundations of the field are all thoroughly covered. On top of these rest the techniques applying the fundamentals, including Emission Spectroscopy, Laser Induced Fluorescence, and Raman Spectroscopy. This comprehensive and fully updated second edition includes additional coaching and covers new material online broadening, nonlinear techniques such as coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy, and more.

Researchers not formally trained in these topics, but who apply spectroscopy in their work, will appreciate the detail contained in this book to ensure accuracy of their technique and/or to develop more sophisticated measurements.

Key features

  • Presents measurement techniques in a concise treatment that other available literature lacks to explain
  • Provides the audience with engineering analogues written by an engineer to explain basic physics to engineers
  • Includes many new and useful graphics in the margins and boxes with supplementary material to immensely facilitate learning

Readership

Engineers (grad students, postdocs, faculty, researchers) and Analytical Chemists needing to understand the fundamentals of spectroscopy; PhD-level graduate courses. Physical chemists, atmospheric scientists, industrial researchers, etc. in the areas of combustion as well as many other areas such as CVD reactors, oxidation reactors, plasmas, chemical processing, supercritical processing, fine powder generation, exhaled human breath etc.

Table of contents

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Spectroscopic Techniques

1.2 Overview of the Book

1.3 How to Use This Book

1.4 Concluding Remarks and Warnings


2 A BRIEF REVIEW OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Maxwellian Velocity Distribution

2.3 The Boltzmann Energy Distribution

2.4 Molecular Energy Distributions

2.5 Conclusions


3 THE EQUATION OF RADIATIVE TRANSFER

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Some Definitions

3.2.1 Geometric Terms

3.2.2 Spectral Terms

3.2.3 Relationship to Simple Laboratory Measurements

3.3 Development of the ERT

3.4 Implications of the ERT

3.5 Photon Statistics

3.6 Conclusions


4 OPTICAL ELECTROMAGNETICS

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Maxwell's Equations in Vacuum

4.3 Basic Conclusions from Maxwell's Equations

4.4 Material Interactions

4.5 Brief Mention of Nonlinear Effects

4.6 Irradiance

4.7 Conclusions


5 THE LORENTZ ATOM

5.1 Classical Dipole Oscillator

5.2 Wave Propagation Through Transmitting Media

5.3 Dipole Emission

5.3.1 Dipole Emission Formalism

5.3.2 Dipole Radiation Patterns

5.4 Conclusions


6 CLASSICAL HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Overview of Hamiltonian Dynamics

6.3 Hamiltonian Dynamics and the Lorentz Atom

6.4 Conclusions


7 AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Historical Perspective

7.3 Additional Components of Quantum Mechanics

7.4 Postulates of Quantum Mechanics

7.5 Conclusions


8 ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY

8.1 Introduction

8.2 The One-Electron Atom

8.2.1 Definition of 𝑉𝑉

8.2.2 Approach to the Schrödinger Equation

8.2.3 Introduction to Selection Rules and Notation

8.2.4 Magnetic Moment

8.2.5 Selection Rules, Degeneracy, and Notation

8.3 Multi-Electron Atoms

8.3.1 Approximation Methods

8.3.2 The Pauli Principle and Spin

8.3.3 The Periodic Table

8.3.4 Angular Momentum Coupling

8.3.5 Selection Rules, Degeneracy, and Notation

8.4 Conclusion


9 MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Diatomic Molecules

9.2.1 Approach to the Schrödinger Equation

9.2.2 Rotation-Vibration Spectra and Corrections to Simple Models

9.2.3 A Review of Ro-Vibrational Molecular Selection Rules

9.2.4 Electronic Transitions

9.2.5 Electronic Spectroscopy

9.2.6 Selection Rules, Degeneracy, and Notation

9.3 Polyatomic Molecules

9.3.1 Symmetry and Point Groups

9.3.2 Rotation of Polyatomic Molecules

9.3.3 Vibrations of Polyatomic Molecules

9.3.4 Electronic Structure

9.4 Conclusions


10 RESONANCE RESPONSE

10.1 Einstein Coeffcients

10.1.1 Franck-Condon and Hönl-London factors

10.2 Oscillator Strengths

10.3 Absorption Cross-sections

10.4 Band Oscillator Strengths

10.5 Conclusions


11 LINE BROADENING

11.1 Introduction

11.2 A Spectral Formalism

11.3 General Description of Optical Spectra

11.4 Homogeneous Broadening

11.5 Inhomogeneous Broadening

11.6 Combined Mechanisms: the Voigt Profile

11.7 A More Exact Spectral Formalism

11.8 Models for pressure broadening

11.8.1 The Modified Exponential Gap model

11.8.2 The Energy Corrected Sudden model

11.9 Line Mixing and the G-equation

11.10 Conclusions


12 POLARIZATION

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Polarization of the Resonance Response

12.3 Absorption and Polarization

12.4 Polarized Radiant Emission

12.5 Photons and Polarization

12.6 Conclusions


13 RAYLEIGH AND RAMAN SCATTERING

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Polarizability

13.3 Classical Molecular Scattering

13.4 Rayleigh Scattering

13.5 Raman Scattering

13.5.1 Placzek-Teller theory

13.5.2 Vibrational Raman scattering

13.5.3 Rotational Raman scattering

13.5.4 Raman Flowfield Measurements

13.6 Conclusions


14 THE DENSITY MATRIX EQUATIONS

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Development of the DME

14.3 Interaction with an Electromagnetic Field

14.4 Multiple Levels and Polarization in the DME

14.5 Two-level DME in the Steady-state Limit

14.6 Conclusions


15 COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Introduction to Nonlinear Optics and CARS

15.3 Phase Matching

15.4 Spectral Treatment for PCARS

15.4.1 The Linear Susceptibility

15.4.2 The Second-Order Terms

15.4.3 The Third-Order Susceptibility

15.5 Time Domain Treatment for PCARS

15.6 An example: fs/ps rotational CARS

15.7 Perspectives

15.8 Conclusions

APPENDICES
A Units
B Constants

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 10, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Mark A. Linne

Professor Mark Linne earned a Mechanical Engineering PhD at Stanford University in 1985 and as part of his thesis work he developed fiberoptic probes for laser-based absorption and fluorescence measurements of reactive species inside enclosed combustion reactors. He has been developing and using laser diagnostics for combustion, the atmosphere, and for electrochemistry ever since. He worked for 5 years as a laser development scientist at Spectra-Physics, the world’s largest manufacturer of scientific lasers.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Combustion Engines, University of Edinburgh, UK

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