• DocumentCode
    520660
  • Title

    Cyanine dyes with exceptional third-order nonlinear optical figures-of-merit for all-optical switching

  • Author

    Hales, Joel M. ; Matichak, Jonathan D. ; Barlow, Stephen ; Ohira, Shino ; Yesudas, Kada ; Brédas, Jean-Luc ; Marder, Seth R. ; Perry, Joseph W.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Chem. & Biochem., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A molecular design strategy that involves favorable control of one- and two-photon absorption resonances to produce exceptional nonlinear optical figures-of-merit for all-optical switching has been realized in a series of cyanines dyes.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Bridges; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500249