• DocumentCode
    3025643
  • Title

    Highly Efficient Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Sections and Their Frequency Dependence in Small Organic Molecules

  • Author

    May, Joshua C. ; Biaggio, Ivan ; Bures, Filip ; Diederich, François

  • Author_Institution
    Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the frequency dependence of the high two-photon absorption (TPA) cross- sections (sigmaTPA) measured in small organic molecules. The best molecule has a sigmaTPA = 9 plusmn 3 times 10-48 cm4s/photon, up to 10 times that of AF-50.
  • Keywords
    molecular configurations; nonlinear optics; two-photon processes; frequency dependence; small organic molecules; two-photon absorption cross-sections; two-photon processes; Absorption; Frequency dependence; Frequency measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Polarization; Resonance; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453663
  • Filename
    4453663