Nonlinear absorption and optical limiting IN metalloporphyrins

被引:53
作者
Mishra, SR [1 ]
Rawat, HS [1 ]
Laghate, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Adv Technol, Laser Programme, Indore 452013, India
关键词
optical limiting; metalloporphyrins; reverse saturable absorption;
D O I
10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00614-7
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report here fluence dependent transmission and optical limiting of 527 nm, 20 ns laser pulses in tetraphenylporphyrins. Significant decrease in the transmission in zinc(II) tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) and vanadium(IV)-oxide tetraphenylporphyrin (VOTPP) solutions in toluene was observed with increasing input fluence. We attribute the observed nonlinear absorption in these metalloporphyrins to RSA mechanism which arises due to higher absorption from their excited states than from the ground state, The observed optical limiting in ZnTPP and VOTPP solutions was found to be comparable to that in C-60 solution in toluene. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
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