Role of structural factors in the nonlinear optical properties of phthalocyanines and related compounds

G De La Torre, P Vázquez, F Agullo-Lopez… - Chemical …, 2004 - ACS Publications
The field of nonlinear optics (NLO) has been develo** for a few decades as a promising
field with important applications in the domain of photoelectronics and photonics. 1-3 NLO …

Organometallic compounds for nonlinear optics—the search for en‐light‐enment!

NJ Long - Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of nonlinear optical phenomena has been known for some time, however,
since the mid‐1980s, there has been an explosion of interest in the search for and …

[BOK][B] Handbook of nonlinear optics

RL Sutherland - 2003 - books.google.com
Examining classic theories, experimental methods, and practical formulas for exploration of
the core topics in nonlinear optics, the second edition of this acclaimed text was extensively …

Phthalocyanines: old dyes, new materials. Putting color in nanotechnology

G de la Torre, CG Claessens, T Torres - Chemical communications, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Phthalocyanines are versatile building blocks for fabricating materials at the nanometer
scale. These colored macrocycles exhibit fascinating physical properties which arise from …

Phthalocyanines and related compounds: organic targets for nonlinear optical applications

G De La Torre, P Vazquez, F Agullo-Lopez… - Journal of Materials …, 1998 - pubs.rsc.org
Phthalocyanines (Pcs) and related compounds with their extended two-dimensional pi;-
electronic delocalization are important targets to study nonlinear optical responses. The …

Organic materials for third‐order nonlinear optics

HS Nalwa - Advanced Materials, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The current status of organic low‐molecular weight and polymeric materials for third‐order
nonlinear optics is reviewed. The importance of organic materials lies in their promise of …

Porphyrins and phthalocyanines as materials for optical limiting

M Calvete, GY Yang, M Hanack - Synthetic Metals, 2004 - Elsevier
This review gives an overview concerning the optical limiting (OL) properties of materials
like porphyrins and phthalocyanines. It gives special attention to the phthalocyanine and …

Organometallic materials for nonlinear optics

HS Nalwa - Applied organometallic chemistry, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Almost three decades ago, the field of nonlinear optics evolved with the discovery of lasers.
In the beginning, nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena were investigated in inorganic …

Direct measurements of nonlinear absorption and refraction in solutions of phthalocyanines

TH Wei, DJ Hagan, MJ Sence, EW Van Stryland… - Applied Physics B, 1992 - Springer
We report direct measurements of the excited singlet state absorption cross section and the
associated nonlinear refractive cross section using picosecond pulses at 532 nm in …

Structure− property relationships in third-order nonlinear optical chromophores

RR Tykwinski, U Gubler, RE Martin… - The Journal of …, 1998 - ACS Publications
Scientists have sought for over two decades to incorporate the necessary attributes of
transparency, stability, and high nonlinear susceptibilities into optimized organic or …