Photophysics of organic materials exhibiting strong two-photon and excited state absorption

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5516, Issue , 2004, Pages 79-85

  Sutherland, R L ^a   Brant, M C ^a   McLean, D G ^a   Rogers, J E ^b   Sankaran, B ^c   Kirkpatrick, S M ^d   Fleitz, P A ^d  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UES INC   (United States)

^c Anteon Corporation   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Excited state absorption; Nonlinear transmission; Photophysics; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUENCHING;

EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; PHOTOPHYSICS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION (TPA);

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 13244274920     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.556831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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