Patent ID: 8446587

Claim:
A system for flash photolysis comprising: a main laser source for generating a beam of light; a beam splitter for generating a first beam portion and a second beam portion from the beam of light; a probe light source responsive to the first beam portion for generating a pulsed probe beam of light to travel through a sample in a flash photolysis application, wherein the probe light source is a laser energized photonic crystal fiber; a pump light source responsive to the second beam portion for generating a pulsed pump beam of light to travel through the sample and initiate a chemical reaction in the sample; a delay generator to regulate a time delay between generation of the pulsed probe beam and generation of the pulsed pump beam throughout the flash photolysis application; and a detector to receive the pulsed probe beam exiting the sample to detect a change in absorption of the pulsed probe beam in the sample caused by the pulsed pump beam.