Nonlinear Optical Properties of Discotic Hexylthiotruxene Derivatives

Manish Kumar, Sreekanth Perumbilavil, D. R. Vinayakumara, Alok Goel, Reji Philip, Sandeep Kumar · 2023

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Manish Kumar and co-authors test new organic materials that bend light in useful ways, in this 2023 study. Materials with strong nonlinear optical response can switch or limit light pulses, tasks that glass and crystals now serve. The team made a family of disc-shaped molecules built on a truxene core with sulfur-linked chains. Their flat, symmetric shape and wide electron spread were expected to boost that response.

Tests fired laser pulses of two lengths and colors at the new compounds. The materials drank in light through two-photon and three-photon routes, depending on the pulse. Their absorption strength scored high against known materials. Such compounds could suit optical limiters that shield sensors and eyes from sudden bright flashes.

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CREATORManish Kumar, Sreekanth Perumbilavil, D. R. Vinayakumara, Alok Goel, Reji Philip, Sandeep Kumar
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE27 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10702317

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