Two- and three-photon absorption of organic ionic pyrylium based materials.
Pyrylium dyes having the same basic chemical structure, differing only to a specific substituent, have been used as novel materials for multiphoton three-dimensional data storage. Electronic absorption spectra, two-photon and three-photon absorption properties of this class of pyrylium dyes, have been studied theoretically and compared to experimental results. The effects of the counteranion, the surrounding solvent, and electron releasing and electron withdrawing groups in specific positions of the basic structure have been explored in detail. It is argued that on grounds of the quality of experimental spectroscopic agreement, the computed two- and three-photon data may be used in pulse propagation simulations of three-dimensional recording in optical memories.
Theoretical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Prakash Chandra
PC
Jha
Yi
Y
Luo
Ioannis
I
Polyzos
Peter
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Persephonis
Hans
H
Agren
D000042:Absorption; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D017785:Photons; D011714:Pyrans / Q000737:chemistry*
D004396:Coloring Agents; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011714:Pyrans