Authors

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

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Appl. Phys.

Keywords

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AGENTS; SINGLET OXYGEN; 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; RAMAN-SCATTERING; EXCITATION; MOLECULES; Physics, Applied

Abstract

In this article we present the study of the surface plasmon enhanced two-photon absorption of a hydrophilic stilbene derivative (trans-4,4'-diaminostilbene) in aqueous solution at different concentrations. The observed exponential growth of the effective two-photon absorption cross section [sigma(')(2)(Au)] is attributed to the electric-field augmentation via surface plasmon resonance between nanoparticles, i.e., hot spots, and the molecular density on Au nanospheres. An unprecedented sigma(')(2)(Au)=550 000 GM has been measured. This result opens a new universe of applications in multiphoton imaging, photodynamic therapy, telecommunications, optical limiting, and multidimensional data storage using hybrid systems.

Journal Title

Journal of Applied Physics

Volume

101

Issue/Number

8

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

3

WOS Identifier

WOS:000246072200180

ISSN

0021-8979

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