Title :
Linear and nonlinear absorption studies of polymethine, squaraine and tetraone dyes
Author :
Webster, Scott ; Fu, Jie ; Przhonska, Olga V. ; Padilha, Lazaro A. ; Hagan, David J. ; Van Stryland, Eric W. ; Bondar, Mikhail V. ; Slominsky, Yuriy L. ; Kachkovski, Alexei D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando
Abstract :
To understand the effects of electron accepting bridges on the nonlinear absorption, we characterized both two-photon and excited-state absorption spectra of three cyanine dyes of increasing electron acceptor strength.
Keywords :
dyes; excited states; two-photon spectra; electron acceptor strength; excited-state absorption spectra; linear absorption; nonlinear absorption; polymethine dyes; squaraine dyes; tetraone dyes; two-photon absorption spectra; Absorption; Bonding; Bridges; Electron optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical recording; Physics; Resonance; Stationary state;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452711
