Measurement of sulfur L2,3 and carbon K edge XANES in a polythiophene film using a high harmonic supercontinuum
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Abstract
We use a high harmonic generated supercontinuum in the soft X-ray region to measure X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra in polythiophene (poly(3-hexylthiophene)) films at multiple absorption edges. A few-cycle carrier-envelope phase-stable laser pulse centered at 1800 nm was used to generate a stable soft X-ray supercontinuum, with amplitude gating limiting the generated pulse duration to a single optical half-cycle. We report a quantitative transmission measurement of the sulfur L2,3 edge over the range 160-200 eV and the carbon K edge from 280 to 330 eV. These spectra show all the features previously reported in the XANES spectra of polythiophene, but for the first time they are measured with a source that has an approximately 1 fs pulse duration. This study opens the door to measurements that can fully time-resolve the photoexcited electronic dynamics in these systems.
Date Issued
2016-11
Date Acceptance
2016-09-30
Citation
Structural Dynamics, 2016, 3 (6)
ISSN
2329-7778
Publisher
AIP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Structural Dynamics
Volume
3
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Authors. Published by AIP Publishing. All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Identifier
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27822487
PII: 003694SDY
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
062603