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Two-photon absorption characterization and comparison of Au(I) fluorenyl benzothiazole complexes in the visible
Abstract:
We use the two-photon excited fluorescence method to determine the two-photon absorption (2PA) cross sections of three series of (fluorenyl benzothiazole) gold(I) complexes in the visible wavelength range from 570 to 700 nm. We compare the effect of ancillary ligand substitutions on the 2PA magnitudes and find that the ancillary ligand does not drastically affect either the magnitude or the shape of 2PA. Even so, moderate 2PA cross sections were measured that ranged from 10 to 1000 s of GM (Göppert-Mayer, =10-50cm4s/photon), making these types of complexes nonlinear optical materials for two-photon absorbing applications.
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