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

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.

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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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