Title :
Förster resonance energy transfer within a donor-acceptor composite photochromic molecule through oneand two-Photon absorption
Author :
Peng Zhao ; Honghua Hu ; Gvishi, Raz ; Strum, Galit ; Tal, Avishay ; Grinvald, Shmuel ; Bar, Galit ; Bekere, Laura ; Lokshin, Vladimir ; Khodorkovsky, Vladimir ; Sigalov, Mark ; Hagan, David ; Van Stryland, Eric
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
FRET within a donor-acceptor composite photochromic molecule was investigated in a dye-doped sol-gel matrix using both 1 and 2-Photon absorption. The energy transfer efficiency was estimated from UV-excitation photokinetic measurements by applying a 2-level model.
Keywords :
composite materials; photochromism; resonant states; sol-gel processing; two-photon spectra; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; 2-level model; FRET; Forster resonance energy transfer; UV-excitation photokinetic measurements; donor-acceptor composite photochromic molecule; dye-doped sol-gel matrix; energy transfer efficiency; one-photon absorption; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Energy exchange; Photochromism; Steady-state; Thermal stability; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
