Effects of solvent on nonlinear absorption properties of tetraphenylporphyrin compounds in the nanosecond regime

Optik

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1015-1018

  Liu, Yong Liang ^a,b   Liu, Hui Lan ^a   Liu, Zhi Bo ^b   Zang, Wei Ping ^b   Tian, Jian Guo ^b  

^a DEZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Excited state absorption; Solvent effect; Tetraphenylporphyrins; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ENERGY SCHEMES; EXCITATION INTENSITY; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; INTENSITY RANGE; MIXED SOLVENT; NANOSECOND PULSE; NONLINEAR ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; POPULATION DENSITIES; PORPHYRIN MOLECULES; PURE SOLVENTS; RATE EQUATIONS; REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SATURATION ABSORPTION; SEVEN-LEVEL; SOLVENT EFFECTS; SOLVENT MIXTURES; TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRINS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; Z-SCAN TECHNIQUE;

EXCITED STATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PORPHYRINS; SOLVENTS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84860295680     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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