Previous edition: Photothermal spectroscopy methods for chemical analysis / by Stephen Bialkowski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Photothermal Spectroscopy; 1.2 Basic Processes in Photothermal Spectroscopy; 1.3 Photothermal Spectroscopy Methods; 1.4 Application of Photothermal Spectroscopy; 1.5 Illustrative History and Classification of Photothermal Spectroscopy Methods; 1.5.1 Nature of the Photothermal Effect; 1.5.2 Photoacoustic Spectroscopy; 1.5.3 Single-Beam Photothermal Lens Spectroscopy; 1.5.4 Photothermal Z-scan Technique; 1.5.5 Photothermal Interferometry

1.5.6 Two-Beam Photothermal Lens Spectroscopy1.5.7 Photothermal Lens Microscopy; 1.5.8 Photothermal Deflection, Refraction, and Diffraction; 1.5.9 Photothermal Mirror; 1.5.10 Photothermal IR Microspectroscopy; 1.5.11 Photothermal Radiometry; 1.5.12 Historic Summary; 1.6 Some Important Features of Photothermal Spectroscopy; References; Chapter 2 Absorption, Energy Transfer, and Excited State Relaxation; 2.1 Factors Affecting Optical Absorption; 2.2 Optical Excitation; 2.2.1 Kinetic Treatment of Optical Transitions; 2.2.2 Nonradiative Transitions; 2.3 Excited State Relaxation

2.3.1 Rotational and Vibrational Relaxation2.3.2 Electronic States and Transitions; 2.3.3 Electronic State Relaxation; 2.4 Relaxation Kinetics; 2.5 Nonlinear Absorption; 2.5.1 Multiphoton Absorption; 2.5.2 Optical Saturation of Two-Level Transitions; 2.5.3 Optical Bleaching; 2.5.4 Response Times During Optical Bleaching; 2.5.5 Optical Bleaching of Organic Dyes; 2.5.6 Relaxation for Impulse Excitation; 2.5.7 Multiple Photon Absorption; 2.6 Absorbed Energy; References; Chapter 3 Hydrodynamic Relaxation: Heat Transfer and Acoustics; 3.1 Local Equilibrium

3.2 Thermodynamic and Optical Parameters in Photothermal Spectroscopy3.2.1 Enthalpy and Temperature; 3.2.2 Energy and Dynamic Change; 3.3 Conservation Equations; 3.4 Hydrodynamic Equations; 3.5 Hydrodynamic Response to Photothermal Excitation; 3.5.1 Solving the Hydrodynamic Equations; 3.5.2 Thermal Diffusion Mode; 3.5.3 Fourier-Laplace Solutions for the Thermal Diffusion Equation; 3.5.4 Propagating Mode; 3.5.5 Summary of Hydrodynamic Mode Solutions; 3.6 Density Response to Impulse Excitation; 3.6.1 One-Dimensional Case; 3.6.2 Two-Dimensional Cylindrically Symmetric Example

3.6.3 Coupled Solutions3.7 Solutions Including Mass Diffusion; 3.8 Effect of Hydrodynamic Relaxation on Temperature; 3.9 Thermodynamic Fluctuation; 3.10 Noise Equivalent Density Fluctuation; 3.11 Summary; Appendix 3.A Thermodynamic Parameter Calculation; Appendix 3.B Propagating Mode Impulse Response for Polar Coordinates in Infinite Media; References; Chapter 4 Temperature Change, Thermoelastic Deformation, and Optical Elements in Homogeneous Samples; 4.1 Temperature Change from Gaussian Excitation Sources; 4.1.1 Thermal Diffusion Approximation

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