Pulsed Laser Excited Photothermal Lens Spectrometry of Cadmium Sulfoselenide Doped Silica Glasses

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Publication Date

2010

Volume

214

First Page

12117

Abstract

Experimental results for photothermal lens measurements are compared to finite elemental analysis models for commercial colored glass filters. Finite elemental analysis software is used to model the photothermal effect by simulating the coupling of heat both within the sample and out to the surroundings. Modeling shows that heat transfer between the glass surface and the air coupling fluid has a significant effect on the predicted time dependent photothermal lens signals. For comparison with experimental signals, a simple equation based on the finite element analysis result is proposed for accounting for the variance of experimental data where this type of heat coupling situation occurs. The colored glass filters are found to have positive thermo-optical coefficient. Finite element analysis modeling results are also used to correlate experimental measurements of different sample geometries. In particular, the glass samples are compared to ethanol solutions of iron (II) dicyclopentadiene in a sample cuvette even though heat transfer is different for these two samples.

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