Title :
Organic materials for Zeno-based optical switching
Author :
Hales, Joel M. ; Matichak, Jonathan D. ; Lin, Hsin-Chieh ; Shi, Yanrong ; Campo, Jochen ; Makarov, Nikolay ; Kim, Hyeongeu ; Jang, Sei-Hum ; Jen, Alex K.-Y. ; Marder, Seth R. ; Perry, Joseph W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. & Biochem., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Compounds showing strong non-degenerate two-photon absorption hold potential for Zeno-based optical switching schemes. We report on organic compounds including polymethines and squaraines with large non-degenerate two photon cross sections.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical switches; organic compounds; nondegenerate two photon absorption; organic compounds; organic materials; polymethines; squaraines; two photon cross sections; zeno based optical switching; Biomedical optical imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical materials; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
