We review the third-order nonlinear performance of pseudo-stilbene type azobenzenes with
an eye to application in ultrafast optical signal processing. We discuss mechanisms …

The nonlinear optical response of a series of azo-containing side-chain polymers is
investigated using Z-scan technique, employing 35ps and 4ns laser pulses, at 532 nm. The …

The third-order nonlinear optical response of a thin film containing the azobenzene dye
Disperse Red 1 was studied using the z-scan technique with tunable picosecond pulses. A …

The photoswitching behavior of 5-phenylazopyrimidines was investigated by optical
methods and NMR spectroscopy with in situ irradiation sustained by mathematical modeling …

Photoisomerization provides a general means for photo-controlling molecular structure and
function, and two-photon induced isomerization has some advantages over one-photon …

In this paper, the optical bistability (OB) in three DR1-doped PMMA polymer samples with
different thicknesses is experimentally investigated. The measurements are performed in the …

Birefringence in azodye-doped polymethylmethacrylate and azodye-doped silica hybrid
materials was induced by the two-photon excitation of a femtosecond laser. The growth and …

Here, we present the investigations of photo-isomerization behavior and the nonlinear
optical properties of azobenzene derivative LB films. The few-layer LB films of AOB-t4 and …

The first series of conjugated organic polymers with the formula {1, 4-[2-(RO)-5-(R 'O) C6H2]
NN C6H4 C⋮ C−} n, where R= methyl, R '= hexyl (7a) and R= hexyl, R '= SiMe2-t-Bu (8) …

Nanogenerator-based piezoelectric materials have been the focus of extensive studies to
foster the next generation of autonomous microdevices capable of harvesting energy from …