Multiphoton absorbing materials: molecular designs, characterizations, and applications

GS He, LS Tan, Q Zheng, PN Prasad - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
In the first quarter of the twentieth century, one of the most significant events in physics and
chemistry was the establishment of the quantum theories of radiation, matter, and their …

Trivalent Boron as an Acceptor in Donor–π–Acceptor‐Type Compounds for Single‐and Two‐Photon Excited Fluorescence

Z Liu, Q Fang, D Wang, D Cao, G Xue… - … –A European Journal, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis, structure, and fluorescence properties of a series of new donor–π–acceptor
(D–π–A) type compounds, with a trivalent boron, protected by two mesityl groups, as …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in a novel two-photon absorbing system

DW Brousmiche, JM Serin, JMJ Fréchet… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
A novel fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) system containing a two-photon
absorbing dye and a nile red chromophore has been synthesized. Upon two-photon …

Material investigation and optical limiting properties of carbon nanotube and nanoparticle dispersions

SM O'Flaherty, R Murphy, SV Hold… - The Journal of …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The fabrication of a polymer and carbon nanostructure composite material is reported. A
comprehensive material investigation of this stable dispersed system is presented. The …

Two-photon absorption properties of novel organic materials for three-dimensional optical memories

I Polyzos, G Tsigaridas, M Fakis, V Giannetas… - Chemical Physics …, 2003 - Elsevier
The two-photon absorption (TPA) properties of a novel group of pyrylium-based compounds
were studied. The molecules of this group were synthesized by systematically changing the …

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer in novel multiphoton absorbing dendritic structures

DW Brousmiche, JM Serin, JMJ Fréchet… - The Journal of …, 2004 - ACS Publications
A series of small dendritic structures containing one of two efficient multiphoton absorbing
dyes at the periphery and a nile red derivative at the core have been synthesized. These …

Two-photon physical, organic, and polymer chemistry: theory, techniques, chromophore design, and applications

B Strehmel, V Strehmel - Advances in Photochemistry, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The first theoretical prediction of a simultaneous two-photon absorption (TPA) event was
reported by Maria Göppert-Mayer in 1931 [1]. The development of high-energy pulsed lasers …

Nonlinear optical response of multiwalled carbon-nanotube dispersions

SM O'Flaherty, SV Hold, ME Brennan, M Cadek… - JOSA B, 2003 - opg.optica.org
Experimental measurements of nonlinear optical extinction of nanosecond laser pulses by a
set of conjugated copolymer/multiwalled carbon-nanotube composites dispersed in solution …

A novel approach for analyzing open Z-scan experiments

G Tsigaridas, I Polyzos, P Persephonis… - Optics …, 2006 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel method for analyzing open Z-scan experiments is presented. It is based
on the calculation of the nonlinear absorption parameter q directly from the transmittance …

Intensity dependent nonlinear absorption of pyrylium chromophores

M Fakis, G Tsigaridas, I Polyzos, V Giannetas… - Chemical physics …, 2001 - Elsevier
The intensity dependence of nonlinear absorption (NLA) of a series of pyrylium
chromophores was studied with femtosecond pulses in their two-photon absorption spectral …