Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.406, 213-219, 2003
Molecular photonics by femtosecond laser
Photochromic spiropyran in guided wave mode geometry was used to demonstrate the performance of an ultrafast molecular photonics system utilizing femtosecond (fs) white light as a probe and fs blue light as a pump. Specific and reversible changes were observed by photochromism in fs white light for dip wavelength and/or dip reflectance depending on the incident angle. The present system will contribute a great deal to future ultrafast all-optical processing in a broad wavelength region.