Salicylideneaniline (SA) is an archetypal system for excited-state intramolecular proton
transfer (ESIPT) in non-planar systems. Multiple channels for relaxation involving both the …

Femtosecond enhancement cavities are key to applications including high-sensitivity linear,–
and nonlinear, gas spectroscopy, as well as efficient nonlinear optical frequency …

Broadband ultrafast optical spectroscopy methods, such as transient absorption
spectroscopy and 2D spectroscopy, are widely used to study molecular dynamics. However …

The search for Earth-like exoplanets with the Doppler radial velocity (RV) technique is an
extremely challenging and multifaceted precision spectroscopy problem. Currently, one of …

Recent breakthroughs in high repetition-rate extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light sources and
photoelectron analyzers have led to dramatic advances in the performance of time-resolved …

We report efficient generation of ultrashort laser pulses in the deep ultraviolet (DUV) from a
quasi-phase-matched (QPM) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on a periodically …

Ultrafast spectroscopy is widely used to study the dynamics of many different systems
following photoexcitation. For studies of molecules, ultrafast optical spectroscopies, such as …

With rapidly develo** technological advances and increasing commercialization, optical
frequency combs are beginning to see use in chemical laboratories around the world. These …

Ultrafast spectroscopy has come far in the past few decades and enabled studies in a variety
of systems. However, conventional methods in the field are typically limited to optically thick …

The work presented in this dissertation is dedicated to the characterization of the excited
state dynamics of thin films through time-resolved spectroscopy, with emphasis on …