Excited-state absorption of a bipyridyl platinum(II) complex with alkynyl-benzothiazolylfluorene units.
The singlet excited-state lifetime of a bipyridyl platinum(II) complex containing two alkynyl-benzothiazolylfluorene units was determined to be 145+/-105 ps by fitting femtosecond transient difference absorption data, and the triplet quantum yield was measured to be 0.14. A ground-state absorption cross section of 6.1 x 10(-19) cm(2) at 532 nm was deduced from UV-visible absorption data. Excited-state absorption cross sections of (6.7+/-0.1) x 10(-17) cm(2) (singlet) and (4.6+/-0.1) x 10(-16) cm(2) (triplet) were obtained by using a five-level dynamic model to fit open-aperture Z scans at picosecond and nanosecond pulse widths and a variety of pulse energies. For this complex, the ratio of the triplet excited-state absorption cross section to the ground-state absorption cross section--long used as a figure of merit for reverse saturable absorbers--thus stands at 754, to our knowledge the largest ever reported at 532 nm wavelength.
Pritchett
Timothy M
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U. S. Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-M, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783-1197, USA. timothy.pritchett1@us.army.mil
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Wenfang
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Zhang
Bingguang
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Ferry
Michael J
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Li
Yunjing
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Haley
Joy E
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Mackie
David M
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Shensky
William
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Mott
Andrew G
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