Picosecond chemical and biological events. Academic Article

abstract

• Picosecond spectroscopy is a relatively new field of science that utilizes ultrashort laser pulses to monitor events taking place in the 10(-12) second regime. The continuing development of picosecond spectroscopy has made possible the detection and measurement of the primary events in many physical and tiological processes. This article describes a currently used picosecond spectroscopy system that is capable of reliably recording picosecond events. Two areas of picosecond research are discussed; one concerns the interaction of electrons in fluids, and the second the primary events in vision.

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

published proceedings

• Science

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Rentzepis, P. M.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Rentzepis, PM

publication date

• October 1978

publisher

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  Publisher

published in

• Science  Journal

keywords

• Chemical Phenomena
• Chemistry
• Electrons
• Kinetics
• Lasers
• Protons
• Retinal Pigments
• Rhodopsin
• Spectrum Analysis
• Temperature
• Vision, Ocular

PubMed Central ID

• 694523

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1126/science.694523

start page

• 174

end page

• 182

volume

• 202

issue

• 4364

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1126%2Fscience.694523