A STUDY OF PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECTS AND OPTICAL LIMITING IN THE SOLUTION OF C60 IN TOLUENE

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
RIJU C. ISSAC ◽  
C.V. BINDHU ◽  
S.S. HARILAL ◽  
GEETHA K. VARIER ◽  
V.P.N. NAMPOORI ◽  
...  

Pulsed photoacoustic studies in solution of C 60 in toluene have been made using the 532 nm radiation from a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser. Though C 60 is found to exhibit the phenomenon of optical limiting, the results on photoacoustic measurements do not give any indication of multiphoton transitions as suggested in some of the earlier works. Results of photoacoustic measurements show that excited state absorption is the dominant process responsible for optical limiting while phenomena like nonlinear scattering may contribute to a lesser extent.

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (05) ◽  
pp. 413-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bokolombe P. Ngoy ◽  
Zweli Hlatshwayo ◽  
Njemuwa Nwaji ◽  
Gertrude Fomo ◽  
John Mack ◽  
...  

The synthesis and characterization of a series of 3,5-di-[Formula: see text]-benzyloxystyrylBODIPY dyes with different substituents at the meso-aryl position is reported. The photophysical and nonlinear optical properties are described. BODIPYs of this type are found to be suitable for optical limiting at 532 nm on the nanosecond timescale. An enhancement of the population of the T[Formula: see text] state through the incorporation of bromine atoms at the 2,6-positions does not result in an enhancement of the optical limiting properties on a nanosecond timescale. This suggests that, in contrast with phthalocyanines, access to excited state absorption (ESA) from the T[Formula: see text] state through the introduction of a heavy atom effect does not provide a significantly improved reverse saturable absorbance response compared to ESA from the S[Formula: see text] state.


1999 ◽  
Vol 561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. McEwan ◽  
Keith L. Lewis ◽  
How-Ghee Ang ◽  
Zhi-Heng Loh ◽  
Leng-Leng Chng ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe optical limiting performances of donor-buckminsterfullerene (C60) dyads have hitherto been unreported. The predicted large excited state absorption cross-section of such dyads in their charge-separated states would enable them to exhibit enhanced optical limiting relative to their individual components. We report herein the synthesis and optical limiting characterization of a novel porphyrin-buckminsterfullerene dyad, in which the porphyrin and C60 moieties are held within close proximity of one another by an o-phenylene bridge. The porphyrin-C60 dyad was synthesized via 1,3-dipolar azomethine ylide cycloaddition, and was obtained in 37.0% yield. Optical limiting measurements at 532 nm using 3-ns pulses show that the limiting performance of the dyad is poorer compared to its model compounds. Possible reasons for the worsened performance of the dyad will be discussed.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuifen Lu ◽  
Taotao Lu ◽  
Peng Cui ◽  
Svetlana Kilina ◽  
Wenfang Sun

Dinuclear Ir(iii) complexes tethered by fluorenyl motif exhibited weak 1,3MLCT/1,3LLCT absorption at >500 nm, dual phosphorescence, broad triplet excited-state absorption, and reverse saturable absorption at 532 nm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 121827 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Babeela ◽  
N.K. Siji Narendran ◽  
Mehboobali Pannipara ◽  
Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi ◽  
T.C. Sabari Girisun

1994 ◽  
Vol 359 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Tang ◽  
R. W. Hellwarth ◽  
J. P. Partanen

ABSTRACTWe use ∼30 ps pulses at 532 nm to measure the complex excited-state molecular polarizability αe in a C60/benzene solution. We determine the imaginary part of αe by measuring the excited-state absorption cross-section in a pump-probe experiment. In a degenerate-four-wave-mixing (DFWM) experiment, we find that in delayed probing of the complex index gratings formed by ∼30 ps pulses, the thermal and the excited-state polarizability changes both contribute to these transient gratings.


2000 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 1726-1732 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Staromlynska ◽  
T. J. McKay ◽  
P. Wilson

2003 ◽  
Vol 07 (06) ◽  
pp. 447-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Zhou Yang ◽  
Hongwei Liu ◽  
Fu Xi ◽  
Zhi-xin Guo ◽  
...  

The optical-limiting properties of several water-soluble phthalocyanine derivatives in aqueous solution were measured at 532 nm with 10 ns pulses. The excited state absorption cross-section σex of the derivatives were determined with the Z-scan technique. The results showed that the phthalocyanine derivatives are materials for reverse saturable absorption. It was noted that the optical limiting performance of the phthalocyanine derivatives in aqueous solutions can be controlled through the addition of alkalis. These phthalocyanine derivatives possess good solubility in water and optical limiting controllability, which give rise to their use for practical applications.


2016 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 110-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamal P. Mani ◽  
Perumbilavil Sreekanth ◽  
G. Vimal ◽  
P.R. Biju ◽  
N.V. Unnikrishnan ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 505-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. CALLAGHAN ◽  
W. J. BLAU ◽  
F. Z. HENARI

Investigations of the reverse saturable absorption behaviour of Fullerenes C 60 and C 70 and some of their Pt and Pd metal derivatives have been carried out with picosecond pulses at 532 nm. From intensity dependent transmission measurements, coupled with a population level kinetic analysis, excited state cross sections were determined for the materials. These show that C 60 possesses the largest excited state to ground state cross-section ratio and that, of the materials studied, it offers the best optical limiting ability around 532 nm. C 70, due to its large ground state absorption, has been shown not to be an efficient limiter. The metal derivatives perform better than C 70 but less efficiently than C 60.


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