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Two-photon absorption based optical limiting and stabilization in organic molecule-doped solid materials
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Optical limiting and stabilization via two-photon absorption (TPA) in organic molecule-doped solid materials have been investigated in this paper, and the measured results can be well fitted based on the assumption that TPA is the predominant mechanism producing the observed optical limiting behavior.About:
This article is published in Optics Communications.The article was published on 1995-05-15. It has received 154 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Two-photon absorption & Absorption (electromagnetic radiation).read more
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Design of Organic Molecules with Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections
Marius A. Albota,David Beljonne,Jean-Luc Brédas,J. E. Ehrlich,Jia Ying Fu,Ahmed A. Heikal,Samuel E. Hess,Thierry Kogej,Michael D. Levin,Seth R. Marder,D. McCord-Maughon,Joseph W. Perry,H. Rockel,Mariacristina Rumi,Girija Subramaniam,Watt W. Webb,Xiang Li Wu,Chris Xu +17 more
TL;DR: The combination of large delta and high fluorescence quantum yield or triplet yield exhibited by molecules developed here offers potential for unprecedented brightness in two-photon fluorescent imaging or enhanced photosensitivity in two -photon sensitization, respectively.
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Multiphoton Absorbing Materials : Molecular Designs, Characterizations, and Applications
TL;DR: Nonlinear Optical Characterizations of Multiphoton Active Materials 1282 5.2.1.
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Two-photon absorption and broadband optical limiting with bis-donor stilbenes.
TL;DR: Large two-photon absorptivities are reported for symmetrical bis-donor stilbene derivatives with dialkylamino or diphenylamino groups, offering an unprecedented combination of broad optical limiting bandwidth and high linear transparency.
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Nonlinear multiphoton processes in organic and polymeric materials
TL;DR: In this paper, a new generation of multifunctional organic materials with large multiphoton absorption cross sections has opened up a number of unique applications in photonics and biophotonics.
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Organic nonlinear optical materials: where we have been and where we are going
TL;DR: This short Focus article is a brief personal perspective of some of the key advances in second-order NLO materials and in multiphoton-absorbing materials, and of how and why these advances have led to renewed interest in organic N LO materials.
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A review of optical limiting mechanisms and devices using organics, fullerenes, semiconductors and other materials
Lee W. Tutt,Thomas F. Boggess +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review nonlinear optical processes in various materials which can be utilized in passive optical limiting devices, including reverse saturable absorption, two-photon and free-carrier absorption, nonlinear refraction and induced scattering.
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Two-photon absorption and optical-limiting properties of novel organic compounds
TL;DR: The optical-limiting behavior and two-photon absorption properties of four novel organic compound solutions in tetrahydrofuran have been investigated and the molecular two- photon absorption coefficients are presented.
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Two-Photon Absorption, Nonlinear Refraction and Optical Limiting in Semiconductors
Eric W. Van Stryland,Herman Vanherzeele,M. A. Woodall,M. J. Soileau,Arthur L. Smirl,Shekhar Guha,Thomas F. Boggess +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured two-photon absorption coefficients of 10 direct gap semiconductors with band-gap energy Eg varying between 1.4 and 3.7 eV using 1.06 µm and 0.53 um picosecond pulses.
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Nondegenerate two-photon absorption in zinc blende semiconductors
TL;DR: In this article, an algorithm is presented for the calculation of the non-degenerate two-photon absorption coefficient by using second-order perturbation theory and a Kane band-structure model, including the effects of nonparabolicity and nonzone-center wave functions.
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Simultaneous measurement of the two-photon coefficient and free-carrier cross section above the bandgap of crystalline silicon
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the first simultaneous measurement of the two-photon absorption coefficient and the free-carrier cross section above the bandgap in a semiconductor, using a simple technique that does not require a knowledge of the actual carrier density.