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Month: August 2023

Posted on August 18, 2023December 7, 2023

Excitation at 267 nm added to the ultrafast transient absorption spectrometer capabilities

A 7″ x 9″ breadboard removable optical block was added to the UFTA instrument to obtain UV sample excitation at 267 nm. The energy delivered to the sample is 2.5 uJ / pulse

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