An all-optical, in situ diagnostic for large molecule and nanoparticle detection

Alexandros Gerakis; Mikhail N. Shneider; Brentley C. Stratton; Yevgeny Raitses

doi:10.1117/12.2253421

20 February 2017 An all-optical, in situ diagnostic for large molecule and nanoparticle detection

Alexandros Gerakis, Mikhail N. Shneider, Brentley C. Stratton, Yevgeny Raitses

Proceedings Volume 10093, Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials XIV; 100930O (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253421
Event: SPIE LASE, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report on the development and application of a new laser diagnostic for the in situ detection of large molecules and nanoparticles. This four wave mixing diagnostic technique relies on the creation of an optical lattice in a medium due to the interaction between polarized particles and intense laser fields. Though this interaction, we can detect the temperature, pressure, relative density, polarizability and speed of sound of a gas and gas mixture. This diagnostic was already successfully demonstrated in atomic and molecular gaseous environments, where the different gas polarizabilities and pressures were successfully measured. We are currently conducting measurements with large molecules and nanoparticles, the results of which will be presented in this meeting.

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Alexandros Gerakis, Mikhail N. Shneider, Brentley C. Stratton, and Yevgeny Raitses "An all-optical, in situ diagnostic for large molecule and nanoparticle detection", Proc. SPIE 10093, Synthesis and Photonics of Nanoscale Materials XIV, 100930O (20 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253421

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