Two-Photon Absorption and Spectral-Narrowed Light Source

Author

Fang, Hong-Hua ; Xu, Bin ; Chen, Qi-Dai ; Ding, Ran ; Chen, Fei-Peng ; Yang, Jie ; Wang, Rui ; Tian, Wen-Jing ; Feng, Jing ; Wang, Hai-Yu ; Sun, Hong-Bo

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. for Integrated Optoelectron., Jilin Univ., Changchun, China

Volume

46

Issue

12

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1775

Lastpage

1781

Abstract

This paper reports the two-photon absorption (TPA) and the spectral-narrowed light emission (SNLE) from the crystals of 9, 10-distyrylanthracene (DSA) derivatives. The results obtained by the Z-scan method show that the tested molecules possess high TPA cross sections. Upon near-IR excitation, strong two-photon-excited fluorescence could be observed in the crystals of four types of materials. Furthermore, SNLE with low threshold occurs in three of the four crystals under pumping with the second harmonic generated in the amplifier. Single crystals of the DSA derivatives exhibit unique photonic properties, including strong solid-state fluorescence, large TPA cross section, and stimulated emission. The results demonstrate that these are potential candidates for compact and practical solid-state laser applications.

Keywords

fluorescence; infrared spectra; light absorption; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; organic compounds; solid lasers; two-photon spectra; 9, 10-distyrylanthracene derivative; near IR excitation; photonic property; second harmonic generation; solid state fluorescence; solid state laser application; spectral narrowed light emission; spectral narrowed light source; two photon absorption; two photon excited fluorescence; Absorption; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Photonics; Pump lasers; Light source; organic crystal; spectral-narrowed; two-photon absorption; upconversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2010.2070058

Filename

5594818