Enhanced absorption in a reverse saturable absorbing dye blended with carbon nanotubes
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Using nonlinear absorption at 532 nm in the nanosecond temporal regime, we have measured the low fluence nonlinear transmittance properties of the reverse saturable absorbing carbocyanine dye, 1,1′,3,3,3′,3′- hexamethylindotricarbocyanine iodide (HITCI), blended with well dispersed carbon nanotubes. The nonlinear optical properties of the blends are strongly dependent on the ratio of dye to nanotubes in solution. In the case where the nanotubes per dye molecule ratio is large, we see a distinctive enhancement in optical fluence limiting properties of the system, suggesting enhanced absorption of the excited states. However, when the nanotube to dye ratio decreases, the system%27s response is dominated by the behavior of the dye. We suggest that this can be understood as a two component system in which sensitized dye molecules associated with the nanotubes have an effectively different optical cross-section from the dye molecules far from the nanotubes. From classical antennae considerations, this is expected. Copyright © 2008 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.
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Using nonlinear absorption at 532 nm in the nanosecond temporal regime, we have measured the low fluence nonlinear transmittance properties of the reverse saturable absorbing carbocyanine dye, 1,1′,3,3,3′,3′- hexamethylindotricarbocyanine iodide (HITCI), blended with well dispersed carbon nanotubes. The nonlinear optical properties of the blends are strongly dependent on the ratio of dye to nanotubes in solution. In the case where the nanotubes per dye molecule ratio is large, we see a distinctive enhancement in optical fluence limiting properties of the system, suggesting enhanced absorption of the excited states. However, when the nanotube to dye ratio decreases, the system's response is dominated by the behavior of the dye. We suggest that this can be understood as a two component system in which sensitized dye molecules associated with the nanotubes have an effectively different optical cross-section from the dye molecules far from the nanotubes. From classical antennae considerations, this is expected. Copyright © 2008 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.
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Carbon nanotubes; HITCI; Nonlinear transmittance; Reverse saturable absorption Carbon nanotubes; Light absorption; Molecules; Nanoantennas; Optical properties; Hexamethylindotricarbocyanine iodides; HITCI; Non-linear optical properties; Nonlinear absorptions; Nonlinear transmittance; Optical cross sections; Reverse saturable absorption; Two component systems; Nonlinear optics
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