Molecular structure - Two-photon absorption property relations in polymethine dyes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-66

  Fu, Jie ^a   Padilha, Lazaro A ^a   Hagan, David J ^a   Van Stryland, Eric W ^a   Przhonska, Olga V ^b   Bondar, Mikhail V ^b   Slominsky, Yuriy L ^c   Kachkovski, Alexei D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DYES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; POLYMETHINE DYES;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 33846991297     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000056     Document Type: Article

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