Title :
Excited state absorption cross-sections of an asymmetric pentaazadentate porphyrin-like Cadmium complex
Author :
Pritchett, Timothy M. ; Mott, Andrew G. ; Ferry, Michael J. ; Zhao, Qun ; Gray, Gary M. ; VanEngen Spivey, A.G. ; Lawson, Christopher M.
Author_Institution :
AMSRD-ARL-SE-EM, U.S. Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD
Abstract :
Absorption cross-sections of the first excited singlet and triplet states of an asymmetric pentaazadentate porphyrin-like cadmium complex have been measured using Z-scans employing both 7.1-ns and 30-ps pulse widths, each at multiple pulse energies.
Keywords :
cadmium compounds; excited states; organic compounds; triplet state; JkJkCd; Z-scans; asymmetric pentaazadentate porphyrin-like cadmium complex; excited state absorption cross-section; first excited singlet; triplet states; Absorption; Cadmium; Electron optics; Laser excitation; Methanol; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; (160.4698) Organic materials; (190.4710) Optical nonlinearities in organic materials; (300.1030) Absorption;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628639
