Two-photon absorption and optical power limiting properties in femtosecond regime of novel multi-branched chromophores based on tri-substituted olefinic scaffolds

Tzu Chau Lin, Yong Fu Chen, Chia Ling Hu, Cheng Sheng Hsu

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Abstract

Two new multi-branched model fluorophores based on tri-substituted olefinic skeletons had been synthesized and their degenerate two-photon absorption properties were characterized by ultra-short laser pulses in the femtosecond regime. The experimental results show that the studied chromophore structures exhibit relatively strong and wide-dispersed two-photon activities in the near infra-red (NIR) regime. It is demonstrated that molecular structures with expanded π-frameworks derived from multi-substituted olefin moieties would possess large molecular nonlinear absorptivities within the studied spectral region. Two-photon absorption based optical power limiting behaviors in the femtosecond time domain of these model compounds were also explored and the results indicate that such a structural motif could be a useful molecular design approach towards strong two-photon absorbing material systems for quick-responsive and broadband optical-suppressing related applications, especially when against ultra-short laser pulses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7075-7080
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry
Volume19
Issue number38
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

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