A. B. Souza, M. Alencar, S. H. Cardoso
Oct 1, 2013
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Optical Materials
Abstract
Two-photon absorption and two-photon excitation fluorescence of salicylaldehyde azine 1 crystals were investigated. It was observed an intense visible fluorescence when this material was excited with a laser tuned at the near infrared region. Varying the laser intensity we characterized this phenomenon as a simultaneous two-photon laser absorption process. Using open aperture Z-scan measurements we characterized this two-photon absorption phenomenon and measured the value of the two-photon absorption cross-section of this molecule to be equal to 87 GM. Our results indicate that this is a promising organic material aiming nonlinear photonics applications.