title: Thermal-changeable complex-refractive-index spectra of merocyanine aggregate films.
abstract: Thermal behaviors of complex refractive index of merocyanine (MC) Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films have been investigated with absorption spectrum measurements, which are obtained from the Kramers-Kronig (K-K) analysis. The complex-refractive-index spectra with an anomalous dispersion around a J-aggregate absorption band of MC molecules are changed by annealing temperatures. This thermal characteristic is attributed to the annealing-changeable MC J-aggregates. The MC J-aggregates in the LB films collapse in the annealing and become a monomer state. The refractive-index dispersion decreased with the collapse of MC J-aggregates. These behaviors are confirmed from the reflection spectrum measurements under the different conditions of incident light to the MC film samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Ibaraki National College of Technology, 866 Nakane, Hitachinakashi, Ibaraki 312-8508 Japan. wakamatu@ee.ibaraki-ct.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakamatsu
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Odauchi