Novel nonlinear transmission of porphyrin complexes containing rhenium selenide clusters

J. Wang; X. Zhu; X. Tu; Z. Zheng; R. Norwood; D. Steeves; B. Kimball; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1117/12.842443

1 March 2010 Novel nonlinear transmission of porphyrin complexes containing rhenium selenide clusters

J. Wang, X. Zhu, X. Tu, Z. Zheng, R. Norwood, D. Steeves, B. Kimball, N. Peyghambarian

Proceedings Volume 7599, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XII; 759918 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842443
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Nonlinear transmission is found to be significantly enhanced by introducing heavy metal atoms on the periphery of macrocycle porphyrin complexes via rhenium selenide clusters that are coordinated to four pyridyl groups. Experiments on 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra(4-pyridyl) porphyrin (H₂TPyP), CuTPyP, [Re₆(μ₃-Se)₈(PEt₃)₅]₄(H₂TPyP)(SbF₆)₈ (abbreviated as P5H₂TPyP), and [Re₆(μ₃-Se)₈(PEt₃)₅]₄Cu(TPyP)(SbF₆)₈ (abbreviated as CuP5TPyP) using 10 ns laser pulses at 523 nm show that, in contrast to CuTPyP and P5H₂TPyP, which are saturable absorbers at a low fluence of 1-100 mJ/cm² and become nonlinear absorbers with a threshold larger than 1000 mJ/cm² at high fluence, CuP5TPyP exhibits an excellent nonlinear transmission performance with a threshold as low as 20 mJ/cm². A bulky rhenium selenide cluster was coordinated to pyridyl groups in tetrapyridyl porphyrin. The modified copper (II) porphyrin complex CuP5TPyP has strong nonlinear absorption at 523 nm and synergistic interaction between CuTPyP and P5H₂TPyP is one of possible mechanisms.

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J. Wang, X. Zhu, X. Tu, Z. Zheng, R. Norwood, D. Steeves, B. Kimball, and N. Peyghambarian "Novel nonlinear transmission of porphyrin complexes containing rhenium selenide clusters", Proc. SPIE 7599, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XII, 759918 (1 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842443

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