Optical non-linearity in beta-carotene: new insight from electroabsorption spectroscopy

被引:19
作者
Rohlfing, F
Bradley, DDC
机构
[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT PHYS,SHEFFIELD S3 7RH,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV SHEFFIELD,CTR MAT MOL,SHEFFIELD S3 7RH,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
关键词
D O I
10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00959-7
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report experimental electroabsorption data for beta-carotene in the energy range from 1.3 to 5 eV which disclose a rich spectrum of excited states including the 2A(g) state. These data allow a reassessment of the current understanding of the optical non-linearity of this model conjugated system. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
引用
收藏
页码:406 / 416
页数:11
相关论文
共 35 条
[1]   TUNABLE 3RD HARMONIC-GENERATION OF TRANS-BETA-CAROTENE [J].
ARAMAKI, S ;
TORRUELLAS, W ;
ZANONI, R ;
STEGEMAN, GI .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1991, 85 (5-6) :527-535
[2]   General model for the description of the third-order optical nonlinearities in conjugated systems: Application to the all-trans beta-carotene molecule [J].
Beljonne, D ;
Cornil, J ;
Shuai, Z ;
Bredas, JL ;
Rohlfing, F ;
Bradley, DDC ;
Torruellas, WE ;
Ricci, V ;
Stegeman, GI .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1997, 55 (03) :1505-1516
[3]   FLUORESCENCE FROM THE S(1)(2(1)AG) STATE OF ALL-TRANS-BETA-CAROTENE [J].
BONDAREV, SL ;
KNYUKSHTO, VN .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1994, 225 (4-6) :346-350
[4]  
Britton G, 1993, CAROTENOIDS PHOTOSYN, P252, DOI DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-2124-8_8
[5]   ESSENTIAL-STATES MECHANISM OF OPTICAL NONLINEARITY IN PI-CONJUGATED POLYMERS [J].
DIXIT, SN ;
GUO, DD ;
MAZUMDAR, S .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 43 (08) :6781-6784
[6]   SPECTRUM OF CHI(3)(-3-OMEGA-OMEGA, OMEGA, OMEGA, OMEGA) IN POLYACETYLENE - AN APPLICATION OF THE FREE-ELECTRON LASER IN NONLINEAR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY [J].
FANN, WS ;
BENSON, S ;
MADEY, JMJ ;
ETEMAD, S ;
BAKER, GL ;
KAJZAR, F .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1989, 62 (13) :1492-1495
[7]  
FRANK HA, 1995, ANOXYGENIC PHOTOSYNT, P373
[8]   THE LOWEST EXCITED ELECTRONIC SINGLET-STATES OF ALL-TRANS BETA-CAROTENE SINGLE-CRYSTALS [J].
GAIER, K ;
ANGERHOFER, A ;
WOLF, HC .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 187 (1-2) :103-109
[9]  
GUO D, 1993, THESIS ARIZONA U TUC
[10]   THE S1 AND T1 ENERGY-LEVELS OF ALL-TRANS BETA-CAROTENE [J].
HALEY, JL ;
FITCH, AN ;
GOYAL, R ;
LAMBERT, C ;
TRUSCOTT, TG ;
CHACON, JN ;
STIRLING, D ;
SCHALCH, W .
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 1992, (17) :1175-1176