Molecular engineering of nanoscale quadrupolar chromophores for two-photon absorption

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4797, Issue , 2002, Pages 284-292

  Porrès, Laurent ^a   Mongin, Olivier ^a   Blanchard Desce, Mireille ^a   Ventelon, Lionel ^b   Barzoukas, Marguerite ^c   Moreaux, Laurent ^d   Pons, Thomas ^d   Mertz, Jerome ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Nanoscale systems; Phenylene vinylene phenylene ethynylene oligomers; Quadrupolar intramolecular charge transfer; Two photon absorption; Two photon excited fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; NANOSCALE QUADRUPOLAR CHROMOPHORES; PHENYLENE; PHOTON ABSORPTION; QUADRUPOLAR MOLECULES; VINYLENE;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 0037951714     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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