AD-ASOPS The easy way for delay scanning from to scales

ULTRAFAST PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY KEYWORDS

Pump-probe experiments Time-resolved Pump-probe spectroscopy measures the response Multi-scale time dynamics of a sample as a function of time after photo- excitation. Using ultrafast lasers for generating pump and probe pulses separated by a varying

time delay makes possible the study of ultrafast phenomena down to the femtosecond time scale. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

French patent n° 11 55799, X-CNRS PCT (USA, EU, JAPAN) n° 14/122,005, X-CNRS

AD-ASOPS: ACADEMIC PARTNER

Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences Arbitrary Detuning - ASynchronous OPtical Sampling Ecole Polytechnique – CNRS – INSERM 91128 PALAISEAU France For dynamics lasting longer than a few , while requiring ps and sub-ps resolution, http://www.lob.polytechnique.fr it is necessary to use two different laser systems as pump and probe sources. AD-ASOPS is a plug-and-play technique that can be easily applied to any couple of femtosecond laser systems without any particular condition on their repetition rate. It thus greatly extends pump-probe experimental possibilities compared to previous techniques such as conventional ASOPS. INDUSTRIAL PARTNER

Greenfield Technology, 1 bis, rue Marcel Paul 91300 MASSY France http://www.greenfieldtechnology.com

SCIENTIFIC CONTACT

Laura ANTONUCCI Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences Ecole Polytechnique – CNRS – INSERM

[email protected]

MAIN ADVANTAGES OF AD-ASOPS PATENT CONTACT

- Temporal scan with no moving parts Séverine Pillet, - High scanning speed Project Manager - Sub- time resolution Service Recherche Partenariale et Propriété Intel- lectuelle - Maximum scanning time range only limited by the pump-laser repetition rate - Possibility of application either to oscillators or amplified systems [email protected] - Straightforward implementation, including for pre-existing laser systems

- Low cost ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Conseil Général de l’Essonne (ASTRE 2014) APPLICATIONS Spectroscopy in physics, chemistry or biology, optoelectronics, optoelectronic sampling

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS L. Antonucci, X. Solinas, A. Bonvalet, and M. Joffre, “Asynchronous optical sampling with arbitrary detuning between laser repetition rates,” Opt. Express 20, pp. 17928-17937 (2012)

L. Antonucci, A. Bonvalet, X. Solinas, M. R. Jones, M. H. Vos and M. Joffre, “Arbitrary-detuning asynchronous optical sampling pump-probe spectroscopy of bacterial reaction centers,” Opt. Lett. 38, pp. 3322-3324 (2013)