Polarization effect on the two-photon absorption of a chiral compound

Opt Express. 2012 Aug 13;20(17):18600-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.018600.

Abstract

In this report, we investigate the polarization effect (linear, elliptical and circular) on the two-photon absorption (2PA) properties of a chiral compound based in azoaromatic moieties using the femtosecond Z-scan technique with low repetition rate and low pulse energy. We observed a strong 2PA modulation between 800 nm and 960 nm as a function the polarization changes from linear through elliptical to circular. Such results were interpreted employing the sum-over-essential states approach, which allowed us to model the 2PA circular-linear dichroism effect and to identifier the overlapping of the excited electronic states responsible by the 2PA allowed band.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Circular Dichroism / methods*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Light
  • Manufactured Materials / analysis*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Photons*
  • Refractometry / methods*