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    Physical properties of phthalocyanine based materials

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    CHAPTER ORGANIZATION 1,2-Definitions of physical properties of Pcs 3- Structural features a) Molecular geometries b) Spatial arrangements of molecules 4-Electronic structure of Pcs a) Electrons in p-type orbitals of gaseous species b) Electrons in low lying energy states of gaseous species c) Electronic structure in solid Pcs 5-Optical absorption of Pcs 6-Electrical conduction in Pcs 7-Photoconduction in Pcs 8-Nonlinear optical (NLO) properties a) Introduction b) Optical limiting (OL) c) Pcs for OL d) NLO of crystal

    Nonlinear optical properties of tetrapyrazinoporphyrazinato indium chloride complexes due to excited-state absorption processes

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    The multiphoton absorption properties of the axially substituted tetrapyrazinotetraazaporphyrinato complex Pyz4TAPInCl (1) are reported and interpreted. In particular, the nonlinear optical transmission of the complex and the excited states involved in the nonlinear absorption have been determined at the frequency of the second harmonic generation of a Nd:YAG laser in the nanosecond time regime. Pyz4TAPInCl has an excitedstate absorption cross section larger than its ground state in the 460-540 nm spectral region, and it shows an optical limiting (OL) behavior at 532 nm, which derives from a sequential two-photon absorption with a larger absorption cross section of the excited triplet state with respect to the ground state. It results that the absorption cross section of 1 in the excited triplet state is 7.8 10-18 cm2 vs 0.9 10-18 cm2 of the ground state at the wavelength of OL analysis

    Excited state properties of monomeric and dimeric axially bridged indium phthalocyanines upon UV-Vis laser irradiation

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    This contribution presents a series of results from different photophysical experiments realized at both resonance and off-resonance conditions on a group of newly synthesized cofacial bridged phthalocyanines. The most relevant aspect of the present study is the identification of a common photoexcited state, which can be reached by the same compound via two substantially different irradiation pathways

    Indium phthalocyanines with different axial ligands: A study of the influence of the structure on the photophysics and optical limiting properties.

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    The photophysical properties of four axially substituted indium phthalocyanines, namely, 2,(3)-tetra-tertbutyl- phthalocyaninato indium chloride (1), 2,(3)-tetra-[(3,5-di-tert-butyl)-phenyloxy]-phthalocyaninato indium bromide (2), 2,(3)-tetra-[(3,5-di-tert-butyl)-phenyloxy]-phthalocyaninato indium iodide (3), and 2,3-octa-[(2- hexyl)-ethyloxy]-phthalocyaninato indium trifluoroacetate (4), have been investigated, and their optical limiting properties with nanosecond light pulses were evaluated. All complexes behave as reverse saturable absorbers in the range of 400-625 nm due to a triplet-triplet excited-state transition. Excited-state absorption cross sections and triplet state lifetimes are not significantly affected by the nature of the axial ligand. On the other hand, remarkable differences in the variation of nonlinear transmittance are observed for 1-4 due to significantly different intersystem crossing rates. Heavier axial ligands in phthalocyanines 2 and 3 produce the largest variations of nonlinear transmission (heavy-atom effect). Complex 1 in polystyrene matrix shows reversible nonlinear absorption when incident fluence does not exceed 0.025 J cm-2

    Nonlinear optical effects related to saturable and reverse saturable absorption by subphthalocyanines at 532 nm

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    It is found that both effects of saturable absorption and reverse saturable absorption are obtained with a solution of subphthalocyanine 2 at 532 nm depending on the intensity of 9 ns laser pulses; saturable absorption occurs at lower intensity levels whereas the reverse effect prevails at higher levels; contrary to expectations, subphthalocyanines can behave as reverse saturable absorbers at 532 nm, despite the high linear absorption at this wavelength; data have been fitted with a five-level model which considers three consecutive electronic transitions with absorption cross-section values of 1.4610216, 1.0610216 and 40 6 10216 cm2, respectively

    Demonstration of the optical limiting effect for an hemiporphyrazine

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    The hemiporphyrazine complex 9,22-bis(dibutoxy)hemiporphyrazinato chloroindium(III) (1) is one of the few examples for this class of compounds, which displays the nonlinear optical effect of reverse saturable absorption for nanosecond laser pulses in the visible spectrum. The high linear transmission combined with the fast switching into a strongly absorbing excited state in the same spectral range (400–650 nm), renders the studied hemiporphyrazine an ideal material for the passive shuttering of pulsed radiations

    Large two-photon absorption cross sections of hemiporphyrazines in the excited state: The multiphoton absorption process of hemiporphyrazines with different central metals

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    A series of five hemiporphyrazines (Hps) with different coordinating central atoms (H2, GeCl2, InCl, Pt, Pb), and the acyclic derivative 1,3-bis-(6′-amino-4′-butoxy-2′-pyridylimino)-1,3-dihydroisoindoline have been synthesized and their multiphoton absorption properties examined at the second harmonic frequency of the Nd:YAG laser in the nanosecond time regime. Metal-free and platinum Hps display saturation of optical transmittance within incident fluence values of 6 J cm−2. Comparison with other similar molecular structures like phthalocyanines and related molecules shows that Hps are strong nonlinear absorbers. The experimental curves of nonlinear transmission at 532 nm have been fitted by means of a three-level model with the occurrence of simultaneous two-photon absorption from an excited state. In the sole case of the InCl complex we found that a five-level model is needed because of the participation of triplet states. Contrary to phthalocyanines, naphthalocyanines, and porphyrins, a heavy central atom does not improve the nonlinear absorption properties since a different excited states dynamic is involved. The large nonlinear absorption of Hps combined with the very small absorption in the visible spectral range makes these molecules a very interesting class of molecules for nonlinear optical applications
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