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. 2023 Jul 24;127(30):14557–14586. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02091

Table 1. Reported Instrumental Setups for Specific Samplesa.

sample light source photonic tools objective resolution detector
transient absorption microscopy
organic films 5 kHz Ti:sapphire amplifier172 OPA (700 nm) 0.4 NA air spatial: sub-10 μm PMT, lock-in amplifier
temporal: 35 fs
nanocrystal and polymer blends 1 kHz Ti:sapphire amplifier69 BBO (400 nm), sapphire (continuum) 0.75 NA air spatial: 0.3 μm PMT
temporal: 150 fs
perovskite films 1 kHz Ti:sapphire amplifier115 Argon gas tube (continuum) 0.95 NA air spatial: 0.7 μm CMOS
temporal: 250 fs
  200 kHz Yb:KGW amplifier74 YAG (continuum), sapphire (continuum) 1.1 NA oil spatial: 264 nm EMCCD
temporal: 13 fs
single organic crystals 200 kHz Yb fiber sapphire (continuum) 0.9 NA air high-speed silicon array detector, spectrometer
single nanowires 80 MHz Ti:sapphire59 BBO (400 nm) 1.3 NA oil spatial: 420 nm APD, AOM with lock-in amplifier
temporal: 300 fs
  80 MHz Ti:sapphire173 BBO (425 nm) 0.8 NA air spatial: 600 nm balanced photodiode, AOM with lock-in amplifier
temporal: 500 fs
single nanoparticles 86 MHz Ti:sapphire124 BBO (400 nm), photonic crystal fiber (continuum) 1.4 NA oil spatial: 600 nm amplifying photodiode, chopper with lock-in amplifier
temporal: sub-100 fs
  80 MHz Ti:sapphire123 OPO (530 nm) 1.3 NA oil spatial: ∼350 nm APD, AOM with lock-in amplifier
temporal: 140 fs
single molecules 85 MHz Ti:sapphire168 SLM (600–1000 nm) 0.52 NA reflective spatial: 1 μm EMCCD
temporal: 6 fs
ultrafast two-dimensional microscopy
polymer beads 1 kHz Ti:sapphire amplifier129 OPA (5 μm) 0.4 NA reflective spatial: ∼15 μm MCT array detector, spectrometer
temporal: 100 fs
nanocrystal thin films 100 kHz Yb amplifier174 NOPA (585 nm) 0.13 NA aspheric lens spatial: 17 μm CCD, spectrometer
temporal: 80 fs
single organic crystals 100 kHz Yb amplifier127 YAG (continuum) 0.65 NA reflective spatial: <1 μm linear CCD array, spectrometer
temporal: 33 fs
bacteria 83 MHz Ti:sapphire130 1.2 NA water spatial: 0.83 μm APD, lock-in amplifier
temporal: 20 fs
a

Abbreviations: Beta barium borate (BBO), yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), optical parametric amplifier (OPA), optical parametric oscillator (OPO), spatial light modulator (SLM), noncollinear OPA (NOPA), photomultiplier tube (PMT), complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS), charge-coupled device (CCD), electron multiplying CCD (EMCCD), avalanche photodiode (APD), mercury cadmium telluride (MCT).