Two-photon state selection and angular momentum polarization probed by velocity map imaging: Application to H atom photofragment angular distributions from the photodissociation of two-photon state selected HCl and HBr

A formalism for calculating the angular momentum polarization of an atom or a molecule following two-photon excitation of a J-selected state is presented. This formalism is used to interpret the H atom photofragment angular distributions from single-photon dissociation of two-photon rovibronically state selected HCl and HBr prepared via a Q-branch transition. By comparison of the angular distributions measured using the velocity map imaging technique with the theoretical model it is shown that single-photon dissociation of two-photon prepared states can be used for pathway identification, allowing for the identification of the virtual state symmetry in the two-photon absorption and/or the symmetry of the dissociative state. It is also shown that under conditions of excitation with circularly polarized light, or for excitation via non-Q-branch transitions with linearly polarized light the angular momentum polarization is independent of the dynamics of the two-photon transition and analytically computable.©2004 American Institute of Physics

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Chemical Sensing Using Fiber Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Waveguide-based cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRD) can be used for quantitative measurements of chemical concentrations in small amounts of liquid, in gases or in films. The change in ring-down time can be correlated to analyte concentration when using fiber optic sensing elements that change their attenuation in dependence of either sample absorption or refractive index. Two types of fiber cavities, i.e., fiber loops and fiber strands containing reflective elements, are distinguished. Both types of cavities were coupled to a variety of chemical sensor elements, which are discussed and compared

Micronuclei in cord blood lymphocytes and associations with biomarkers of exposure to carcinogens and hormonally active factors, gene polymorphisms, and gene expression: The NewGeneris cohort

Background: Leukemia incidence has increased in recent decades among European children, suggesting that early-life environmental exposures play an important role in disease development. Objectives: We investigated the hypothesis that childhood susceptibility may increase as a result of in utero exposure to carcinogens and hormonally acting factors. Using cord blood samples from the NewGeneris cohort, we examined associations between a range of biomarkers of carcinogen exposure and hormonally acting factors with micronuclei (MN) frequency as a proxy measure of cancer risk. Associations with gene expression and genotype were also explored. Methods: DNA and protein adducts, gene expression profiles, circulating hormonally acting factors, and GWAS (genome-wide association study) data were investigated in relation to genomic damage measured by MN frequency in lymphocytes from 623 newborns enrolled between 2006 and 2010 across Europe. Results: Malondialdehyde DNA adducts (M1dG) were associated with increased MN frequency in binucleated lymphocytes (MNBN), and exposure to androgenic, estrogenic, and dioxin-like compounds was associated with MN frequency in mononucleated lymphocytes (MNMONO), although no monotonic exposure-outcome relationship was observed. Lower frequencies of MNBN were associated with a 1-unit increase expression of PDCD11, LATS2, TRIM13, CD28, SMC1A, IL7R, and NIPBL genes. Gene expression was significantly higher in association with the highest versus lowest category of bulky and M1dG-DNA adducts for five and six genes, respectively. Gene expression levels were significantly lower for 11 genes in association with the highest versus lowest category of plasma AR CALUX® (chemically activated luciferase expression for androgens) (8 genes), ERα CALUX® (for estrogens) (2 genes), and DR CALUX® (for dioxins). Several SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) on chromosome 11 near FOLH1 significantly modified associations between androgen activity and MNBN frequency. Polymorphisms in EPHX1/2 and CYP2E1 were associated with MNBN. Conclusion: We measured in utero exposure to selected environmental carcinogens and circulating hormonally acting factors and detected associations with MN frequency in newborns circulating T lymphocytes. The results highlight mechanisms that may contribute to carcinogen-induced leukemia and require further research

PHOTOFRAGMENT IMAGE PROCESSING VIA PATTERN RECOGNITION

Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Queen's UniversityA computer program is presented that identifies the number and position (energy) of photodissociation / ionisation channels on velocity-map images by recognising geometric primitives on the ""raw"" image. A priori knowledge about the image centre, size, or distortions of circularity is not required. The speed and objectivity of analysis are increased by eliminating human intervention on those stages of processing. The presented algorithm is derived from the Hough Transform and is highly robust with respect to uneven distribution of intensity, background signals and realistic distortions of circularity. Knowing the number and position of the channels makes further processing (reconstruction of the 3D distribution of particle velocities) straightforward and computationally efficient

Cavity-enhanced spectroscopy and sensing

The book reviews the dramatic recent advances in the use of optical resonators for high sensitivity and high resolution molecular spectroscopy as well as for chemical, mechanical and physical sensing.  It encompasses a variety of cavities including those made of two or more mirrors, optical fiber loops, fiber gratings and spherical cavities. The book focuses on novel techniques and their applications. Each chapter is written by an expert and/or pioneer in the field. These experts also provide the theoretical background in optics and molecular physics where needed. Examples of recent breakthroughs include the use of frequency combs (Nobel prize 2005) for cavity enhanced sensing and spectroscopy, the use of novel cavity materials and geometries, the development of optical heterodyne detection techniques combined to active frequency-locking schemes. These methods allow the use and interrogation of optical resonators with a variety of coherent light sources for trace gas detection and sensing of strain, temperature and pressure

Rapid Fluorescence EEM spectra acquisition using super-cycle Hadamard-Transform Multiplexing

Hadamard-transform multiplexing has recently been applied to increasingly complex spectroscopic techniques. It had been shown that the data acquisition time for fluorescence Excitation-Emission-Matrix spectroscopy can be reduced by one or two orders of magnitude using Hadamard-Transform multiplexing of the excitation light using a programmable lightsource. In these previous studies, the data acquisition rate had been limited by the time it took to record an EEM, i.e. to complete one cycle of multiplexed excitation spectra. The extraction of chemical information, such as concentration and chemical identity, is then obtained from parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis of the sequence of EEM spectra. In this contribution we increase the data acquisition rate by another order of magnitude, i.e. to the time it takes to record a single excitation spectrum. Our algorithm is entirely based on improved data processing, i.e. it can be applied to previously recorded Hadamard-Transform multiplexed data sets. The algorithm is based on three previously unexplored approaches: (1) we perform a PARAFAC multivariate analysis on the raw (multiplexed) data set (2) the PARAFAC loading vectors are obtained prior to obtaining the score vectors, (3) when loading vectors are difficult to obtain from the stack of EEM spectra, we instead use a rolling-average approach to considerably increase the number of spectra and the stability of the fit. Analysis of experimental data shows that fluorescence EEM spectra with 7 excitation wavelengths and over 1000 emission wavelengths can be obtained in less than 20 ms

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