The Warwick Centre for Ultrafast Spectroscopy (WCUS) provides a suite of spectroscopic techniques that examine how materials respond after absorbing light on femtosecond (10-15 s) timescales. Our state-of-the-art laser experiments can probe electronic and structural dynamics using ultraviolet (>235 nm) through to infrared (<20 microns) light as well as in the terahertz regime. The techniques have been used to study light activated prodrugs and sunscreens, as well as electron mobility, phase dynamics and beyond in novel materials (eg semiconductors, organic electronics). “Steady-state” UV/visible/IR/THz absorption as well as photoluminescence techniques, allow us to fingerprint molecules before delving deeper with ultrafast study.
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