Dissertation
Characterization of molecular excited states for nonlinear optics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
05/2000
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/39
Abstract
Organic nonlinear optics is a fast growing sub-field of nonlinear optics where the organic dye molecules control the nonlinear properties of the system and the polymer host controls the bulk properties of the system. This dissertation reports on the fabrication and characterization of dye-doped thin films and multimode fibers. We use several traditional and one novel technique to probe molecular excited states. The novel spectroscopic technique is applicable to optical fibers and is called side-illumination fluorescence spectroscopy. We characterize both linear and nonlinear optical responses using both the standard Lorentzian model and a novel in homogeneous-broadening model for electronic transitions.
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- Title
- Characterization of molecular excited states for nonlinear optics
- Creators
- Robert J. Kruhlak
- Contributors
- MARK G KUZYK (Advisor) - Washington State University, Physics and Astronomy, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900865623101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation