Exploitation of the Z-scan technique as a method to optically probe pKa in organic materials: Application to porphyrin derivatives

Optics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 323-325

  Bezerra Jr , A G ^a   Borissevitch, I E ^a   Gomes, A S L ^a   De Araújo, Cid B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS;

DERIVATIVES; LASER PULSES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PORPHYRINS; PROBES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0000873282     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.25.000323     Document Type: Article

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