Transient absorption measurement system using pulsed energetic ion

This article reports a highly sensitive transient absorbance measurement system using pulsed energetic ions. The ions were pulsed by a beam chopper, which was synchronized with the cyclotron, and accelerated to the desired energy around 18 MeV/u. H, He, C and Ne ions can be used for the transient absorption measurement. The optical system can measure an absorbance smaller than 1.0×10−4 in the wavelength range of 400–740 nm.