Title

Three-photon absorption enhancement in a symmetrical charge transfer fluorene derivative

Authors

Authors

F. E. Hernandez; K. D. Belfield;I. Cohanoschi

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Chem. Phys. Lett.

Keywords

CROSS-SECTION; ONE-PHOTON; FLUORESCENCE; EXCITATION; MICROSCOPY; COMPOUND; DESIGN; PHASE; Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Abstract

In this letter we report the three-photon absorption-induced upconversion fluorescence emission and the three-photon absorption cross-section of two fluorene derivatives with D-pi-D (9,9-didecyl-2,7-bis-(N,N-diphenylamino)fluorene) and D-pi-A ((7-benzothiazol-2-yl-9,9-didecylfluoren-2-yl)diphenylamine) structural motifs. The three-photon absorption cross-section of the D-pi-D analog (sigma(3)(') = 82 x 10(-78) cm(6) s(2) photon(-2)) is 2.2 times greater than that of its D-pi-A counterpart (sigma(3)' = 37 x 10(-78) cm(6) s(2) photon(2)), showing that symmetric charge transfer enhances 3PA. The three-photon-excitation of these two compounds in hexane solution (9.8 x 10(-3) M) was accomplished with a tunable OPG pumped by picosecond laser pulses. The three-photon absorption coefficients were measured using an open aperture Z-scan technique. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume

391

Issue/Number

1-3

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

22

Last Page

26

WOS Identifier

WOS:000221977500004

ISSN

0009-2614

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