Title

Excited State Absorption Study in Hematoporphyrin IX

Authors

Authors

L. De Boni; C. Toro;F. E. Hernandez

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Fluoresc.

Keywords

Excited state absorption; Photodynamic therapy; Multiphoton absorption; Porphyrin; PORPHYRIN-BASED PHOTOSENSITIZERS; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; CANCER-TREATMENT; QUANTUM YIELDS; SINGLET; SPECTROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; FEMTOSECOND; Biochemical Research Methods; Chemistry, Analytical; Chemistry, Physical

Abstract

We present the study of the excited state absorption of Hematoporphyrin IX dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide. All measurements were carried out using open aperture Z-scan and white-light continuum pump-probe with picosecond pulses to avoid triplet excited state absorption. Without the latter contribution, the results obtained with both techniques show a transition to a high singlet excited state. The vibronic progression of the Q-band is observed due to photobleaching of the ground state. In addition, we show that the excited state presents reverse saturable absorption for most of the spectral range studied. A long relaxation component of the first singlet excited state was evidenced with the pump-probe experiment. This result is in agreement with fluorescence lifetime and fluorescence quantum yield measurements. In order to elucidate the origin of the nonlinear effects, we used a three-level energy diagram to describe the principal singlet-singlet transitions.

Journal Title

Journal of Fluorescence

Volume

20

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

197

Last Page

202

WOS Identifier

WOS:000274401600023

ISSN

1053-0509

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