Organics and polymers with high two-photon activities and their applications

Tzu Chau Lin, Sung Jae Chung, Kyoung Soo Kim, Xiaopeng Wang, Guang S. He, Jacek Swiatkiewicz, Haridas E. Pudavar, Paras N. Prasad

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Abstract

This review describes some of the recent developments in materials which exhibit enhanced two-photon absorption that can initiate photopolymerization or up-converted emission. Various optical methods including femtosecond time-resolved pump-probe experiments to characterize the two-photon properties are discussed. Finally, the applications of two-photon processes to optical power limiting, up-converted lasing, 3-D data storage, 3-D micro-fabrication, two-photon fluorescence microscopy and bio-imaging, and two-photon photodynamic therapy are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-193
Number of pages37
JournalAdvances in Polymer Science
Volume161
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Keywords

  • Non-linear transmission
  • Optical power limiting
  • Two-photon absorption
  • Up-converted lasing
  • Z-scan

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