Influence of the shape of the exciting laser pulse on fluorescence saturation in the quantitative analysis of dissolved trace organic substances

Abstract

Theoretical investigations of the influence of the exciting laser pulse shape on fluorescence saturation in the quantitative analysis of a single-component fluorescing solution, when the Raman signal of the solvent is usedas a reference, are carried out. A quantity α is introduced, responsible for the influence of laser pulse shape on the precision of the analysis. The dependences of α on the exciting radiation photon flux density I m in the range I m = 10 22 − 10 28 photons/cm 2⋯s and on the duration of the exciting pulses τ p in the range τ p = 0.6 − 60 ns are computed for different pulse shapes in the case of rhodamine 6G dissolved in water. Conditions when α is, in practice, independent of τ p and of the pulse shape are found. A general analytical expression is found for α, which produces errors not greater than several percent when compared to the computed values of α. An experimental verification of the theoretical results in the case of a rectangular-shaped pulse in the spatial domain and a Gaussian-shaped pulse in the temporal domain is realized.