Author:
Cooper Thomas M.,Fleitz Paul A.,Sowards Laura A.,Natarajan Lalgudi V.,Kirkpatricky Sean,Chandra Suresh,Spangler Charles W.
Abstract
ABSTRACTTo understand the properties of light-sensitive compounds used in optical limiters having photoinduced charge transfer mechanisms, we have investigated the photophysics of a series of di(2-thienyl-3,3'-butyl)polyenes. Spectroscopic measurements, including UV/Vis, fluorescence, fluorescence lifetimes, fluorescence quantum yields, triplet state lifetime, solvent effects and two-photon absorption coefficient were obtained as a function of the number of double bonds(n = 1-5). Trends in the data reflected the ordering, energy gap between and mixing of 1Bu* and 1Ag* excited state configurations.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC