Pump–probe spectroscopy on photoinitiators for stimulated-emission-depletion optical lithography

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (16) ◽  
pp. 3188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. A. Wolf ◽  
Joachim Fischer ◽  
Martin Wegener ◽  
Andreas-Neil Unterreiner
2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Koyama ◽  
Yoshinori Kakitani ◽  
Hiroyoshi Nagae

Pump-probe spectroscopy after selective excitation of all-trans Cars (n = 9-13) in nonpolar solvent identified a symmetry selection rule of diabatic electronic mixing and diabatic internal conversion, i.e., '1B(u)(+)-to-1B(u)(-) is allowed but 1B(u)(+)-to-3A(g)(-) is forbidden'. Kerr-gate fluorescence spectroscopy showed that this selection rule breaks down, due to the symmetry degradation when the Car molecules are being excited, and, as a result, the 1B(u)(+)-to-3A(g)(-) diabatic electronic mixing and internal conversion become allowed. On the other hand, pump-probe spectroscopy after coherent excitation of the same set of Cars in polar solvent identified three stimulated-emission components (generated by the quantum-beat mechanism), consisting of the long-lived coherent cross term from the 1B(u)(+) + 1B(u)(-) or 1B(u)(+) + 3A(g)(-) diabatic pair and incoherent short-lived 1B(u)(+) and 1B(u)(-) or 3A(g)(-) split incoherent terms. The same type of stimulated-emission components were identified in Cars bound to LH2 complexes, their lifetimes being substantially shortened by the Car-to-BChl singlet-energy transfer. Each diabatic pair and its split components appeared with high intensities in the first component. The low-energy shifts of the 1B(u)(+)(0), 1B(u)(-)(0) and 3A(g)(-)(0) levels and efficient triplet generation were also found.


1997 ◽  
Vol 488 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Graupner ◽  
G. Cerullo ◽  
G. Kranzelbinder ◽  
G. Lanzani ◽  
S. Stagira ◽  
...  

AbstractWe studied the sub-picosecond dynamics of photoexcitations in methyl-substituted poly(para--phenylene)-type ladder polymer (m-LPPP) films in a wide excitation density range up to values typical for the regime of narrow band emission by pump-probe spectroscopy. The singlet excitons relaxation dynamics, monitored at the stimulated emission (SE) peak at 2.53 eV, showed an intensity dependent ultrafast decay component, which occurs on a sub-picosecond time scale, ascribed to the onset of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). In addition we identified photoinduced absorption (PA) bands of singlet excitons at 1.48 eV and polarons at 1.9 eV respectively. At high excitation density an additional absorption band becomes evident at 2.63 eV.


1999 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Schmidt ◽  
J. J. Song ◽  
S. Keller ◽  
U. K. Mishra ◽  
S. P. DenBaars ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe report the results of nondegenerate optical pump-probe absorption experiments performed on GaN and InGaN thin films and quantum wells under the conditions of strong optical band to band excitation. The evolution of the band edge in these materials was monitored as the number of photoexcited free carriers was increased beyond that required to achieve population inversion and observe stimulated emission. The band edge of InGaN is shown to exhibit markedly different high excitation behavior than that of GaN, explaining in part the reduction in stimulated emission threshold that typically accompanies the incorporation of indium into GaN to form InGaN. A comparison of the band edge absorption changes observed in pump-probe experiments to the gain spectra measured in variable-stripe gain experiments is also given.


ACS Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prince Khatri ◽  
Ralph Nicholas Edward Malein ◽  
Andrew J. Ramsay ◽  
Isaac J. Luxmoore

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Yusuf Tutel ◽  
Gökhan Sevinç ◽  
Betül Küçüköz ◽  
Elif Akhuseyin Yildiz ◽  
Ahmet Karatay ◽  
...  

Meso-substituted borondipyrromethene (BODIPY)-porphyrin compounds that include free base porphyrin with two different numbers of BODIPY groups (BDP-TTP and 3BDP-TTP) were designed and synthesized to analyze intramolecular energy transfer mechanisms of meso-substituted BODIPY-porphyrin dyads and the effect of the different numbers of BODIPY groups connected to free-base porphyrin on the energy transfer mechanism. Absorption spectra of BODIPY-porphyrin conjugates showed wide absorption features in the visible region, and that is highly valuable to increase light-harvesting efficiency. Fluorescence spectra of the studied compounds proved that BODIPY emission intensity decreased upon the photoexcitation of the BODIPY core, due to the energy transfer from BODIPY unit to porphyrin. In addition, ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy measurements indicated that the energy transfer of the 3BDP-TTP compound (about 3 ps) is faster than the BDP-TTP compound (about 22 ps). Since the BODIPY core directly binds to the porphyrin unit, rapid energy transfer was seen for both compounds. Thus, the energy transfer rate increased with an increasing number of BODIPY moiety connected to free-base porphyrin.


1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Whitnell ◽  
Kent R. Wilson ◽  
YiJing Yan ◽  
Ahmed H. Zewail

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 065404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niharika Singh ◽  
Ayan Ray ◽  
R D'Souza ◽  
Q V Lawande ◽  
B N Jagatap

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