title: Remarkable effect of iridium cyclometalation on the nonlinear absorption properties of a quadrupolar imine ligand.
abstract: A new type of dinuclear iridium complex, based on a quadrupolar Schiff base ligand, is synthesized and its structure fully characterized. Its linear and nonlinear spectroscopic properties are investigated, evidencing a strong contribution of the metal-to-ligand transitions not only to the linear absorption but also to the two- and three-photon absorption properties.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR-5182, Université Claude Bernard , École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Massue
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olesiak-Banska
authors.forename: Erwann
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jeanneau
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aronica
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matczyszyn
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samoc
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monnereau
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andraud