Simpson Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics
Development and application of nonlinear optical instrumentation for studies of interfaces and chiral crystals.
Research Haikus
- Photothermal view. Fluorescence tells the tale. Bond vibrations.
- Image integrating. Data floods, algorithms. Chemistry revealed.
- Dynamic bleaching. Comb patterning enables. Diffusion mapping.
- New spectroscopy. Chiral, surface-selective. Electric dipole.
Recent Publications
124. "Pixel-Wise Diffusion Imaging by Structured Illumination Microscopy Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching (SIM-FRAP)" DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c01929
123. "Mid-infrared Optical Photothermal Interferometric Microscopy of Substrate-Supported Samples" DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c00959
122. "Consequences of Kramers-Kronic relations on Kleinman antisymmetric spectral observables: Chiral-specific sum frequency generation spectroscopy" DOI: 10.1063/5.0290341
121. "Theoretical Foundation for Interface-Specific Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering in Uniaxial Chiral Assemblies" DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c08140
120. "Dark-Field Absorbance Circular Dichroism of Oriented Chiral Thin Films" DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02984
Latest News
November 2025
Welcome to our two new first years, TJ Pinedo and Gabe Putman!
October 17, 2025
Farewell to our visiting scholar Fabian Schmidt and best of luck in your remaining time at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany!
October 5-10, 2025
Congratulations to our group members for a strong presence at SciX in Covington, KY with a variety of fantastic oral presentations and posters.
September 25, 2025
Congratulations to our recent graduate, Gwendylan Turner, for successfully defending her thesis! Best of luck at NIST!