Title :
Long self-assembled organic molecular optical wires
Author :
Marelli, Cicero ; Canning, John ; Skivesen, Nina ; Kristensen, Martin ; Vovgaard, Maads Bruun ; Crossley, Maxwell J. ; Khoury, Tony ; Sum, Tze Jing ; Shu, George ; Neto, Chiara
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron. & Interdiscipl. Nanosci. Center (iNANO), Univ. of Aarhus, Arhus
Abstract :
Long porphyrin molecular wires presenting optical transparency and light diffraction are fabricated and characterized using optical and atomic force microscopy. The development of dual photonic/electronic self-assembled devices is discussed.
Keywords :
atomic force microscopy; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; light diffraction; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical microscopy; organic compounds; self-assembly; transparency; atomic force microscopy; dual photonic-electronic devices; light diffraction; molecular optical wires; optical microscopy; optical transparency; organic optical wires; porphyrin molecular wires; self-assembled devices; self-assembly; Assembly; Atom optics; Atomic force microscopy; Optical microscopy; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Photonics; Self-assembly; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688686