@article {329, title = {Near-Field Stationary Sample Terahertz Spectroscopic Polarimetry for Biomolecular Structural Dynamics Determination}, journal = {ACS Photonics}, volume = {8}, year = {2021}, month = {02/2021}, pages = {658-668}, chapter = {658}, abstract = {

THz polarimetry on environmentally sensitive and microscopic samples can provide unique insight into underlying mechanisms of complex phenomena. For example, near-field THz anisotropic absorption successfully isolated protein structural vibrations which are connected to biological function. However, to determine how these vibrations impact function requires high throughput measurements of these complex systems, which is challenged by the need for near field detection, sample environmental control and full polarization variation. Stationary sample anisotropic terahertz spectroscopy (SSATS) and near-field stationary sample anisotropic terahertz microscopy (SSATM) have been proposed using synchronous control of THz and electro optic probe polarizations along an iso-response curve. Here we realize these techniques through robust control and calibration of the THz and NIR polarization states. Both methods rapidly measure the linear dichroism in the far field and near field. Validation measurements using standard birefringent sucrose single crystals found the crystal orientation can be determined by scanning the reference polarization and the synchronous pump{\textendash}probe polarization settings can be optimized to eliminate artifacts. SSATM is then used to determine spectral reproducibility and dehydration effects for a series of chicken egg white lysozyme samples. Reproducible anisotropic absorbance bands are found at about 30, 44, 55, and 62 cm{\textendash}1. These bands initially sharpen with slow dehydration, similar to the increase in resolution achieved in X-ray crystallographic protein structure determination. The SSATM technique confirms the reliability of anisotropic absorption characterization of protein intramolecular vibrations and opens an avenue for rapid determination of how these long-range dynamics affect biological function.

}, doi = {10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01876}, url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01876}, author = {Deng, Y. and McKinney, J. A. and George, D. K. and Niessen, K. A. and Sharma, A. and Markelz, A.G.} } @article {239, title = {Near-field THz micropolarimetry}, journal = {Optics Express}, volume = {27}, number = {20}, year = {2019}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: JB0XT
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National Science Foundation (DBI 1556359, MCB 1616529); U.S. Department of Energy DE-SCO016317); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (STTR R41 GM125486).
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We introduce a method for rapid determination of anisotropic terahertz absorption with sub micron resolution and high spectral integrity in the terahertz range. The method is ideal for microscopic and environmentally sensitive materials such as 2-D materials and protein crystals where the anisotropic absorption is critical to understanding underlying physics. We introduce the idea of using an iso-response relationship between the THz polarization and electro optic probe polarization to enable stationary sample polarization measurements covering a full 2 pi polarization dependence measurement. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement

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