A laser flash photolysis system was designed, programmed, and assembled at Gateway Park. The instrument uses a Nd:YAG laser operating at 532 nm in 8 ns pulses and is capable of measuring transients from 100 ns to milliseconds in width at wavelengths of 250-900 nm. Each experimental run produces a set of 500 data points, each representing the difference in optical density between the non-lased and lased states. The instrument can monitor any process in which the absorption of the sample changes upon excitation.

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Creator

• Blais, Zachary Everett

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-041812-214824

Advisor

• Lambert, Christopher R.
• Connors, Robert E.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-18

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright