Nonlinear characterization of near infrared Polymethine, Squaraine and Tetraone dyes

Author

Webster, Scott ; Padilha, Lazaro A. ; Hu, Honghua ; Przhonska, Olga V. ; Hagan, David J. ; Van Stryland, Eric W. ; Bondar, Mikhail V. ; Davydenko, Iryna G. ; Slominsky, Yuriy L. ; Kachkovski, Alexei D.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

751

Lastpage

752

Abstract

Excited state absorption spectra for a series of near IR symmetric polymethine, squaraine and tetraone dyes were measured by the femtosecond pump - white light continuum probe technique. Structure-property relationships were revealed and explained with quantum- chemical analysis.

Keywords

dyes; excited states; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; quantum chemistry; spectra; excited state absorption spectra; femtosecond pump probe; near infrared polymethine dyes; nonlinear characterization; quantum-chemical analysis; squaraine dyes; structure-property relationships; tetraone dyes; white light continuum probe technique; Bonding; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Physics; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lake Buena Vista, FL

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0925-9

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382625

Filename

4382625