One- and two-photon absorption of a spiropyran - merocyanine system: Experimental and theoretical studies

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1515-1522

  Matczyszyn, Katarzyna ^a   Olesiak Banska, Joanna ^a   Nakatani, Keitaro ^b   Yu, Pei ^c   Murugan, N Arul ^d   Zalesńy, Robert ^a,d   Roztoczyńska, Agnieszka ^a   Bednarska, Joanna ^a   Bartkowiak, Wojciech ^a   Kongsted, Jacob ^e   Ågren, Hans ^d   Samoć, Marek ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Institut d'Alembert   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER BEAMS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

EFFECTIVE CROSS SECTIONS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; REFRACTION PROPERTIES; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION CROSS SECTION; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84921896987     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5071715     Document Type: Article

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