A New Method for Performing Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection-Adsorption Spectroscopy of Surfaces

Authors: Schennach, Robert1; Hirschmugl, Carol2; Gilli, Eduard1; Tysoe, Wilfred T.3

Source: Applied Spectroscopy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Pages 68A-86A and 261-380 (March 2009) , pp. 369-372(4)

Publisher: Society for Applied Spectroscopy

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Abstract:

A new and relatively simple polarization modulation technique is presented and tested that enables the whole spectral range to be detected between 400 and 4000 cm−1. This experiment is conventionally carried out using a photoelastic modulator that modulates incident plane polarized light through 90°. This suffers from the drawback that it enables spectra to be collected only over a relatively narrow spectral range. As an alternative, a polarizer is placed in the beam and oriented at 45° to the sample normal. This produces incident radiation fluxes with identical intensities for both s- and p-polarized light. A second polarizer is then modulated through 90° and the surface spectrum is then extracted in the usual manner from the difference between these signals, normalized to their sum. The method is demonstrated for a self-assembled monolayer of 11-mercapto-undecanoicacid (11-MUA) on gold on mica, and it is shown that, while the resulting spectra are extremely sensitive to optical alignment, the method yields spectra that are in excellent agreement with published data.

Keywords: REFLECTION-ABSORPTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAIRS; INFRARED REFLECTION-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; IRRAS; POLARIZATION MODULATION INFRARED REFLECTION-ABSORP; PM-IRRAS; SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SAMS

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1366/000370209787598960

Affiliations: 1: Graz University of Technology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Petersgasse 16/2, 8010 Graz, Austria 2: Department of Physics, and Laboratory for Surface Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 3: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Laboratory for Surface Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

Publication date: 2009-03-01

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