Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.430, 173-179, 2005
Development of photochromic two-photon absorption dyes
We synthesized three photochromic two-photon absorptive diarylethene derivatives with styrylbenzene unit and measured two-photon absorption cross-sections at 800 nm by using an open aperture Z-scan method with 120 femtosecond pulses. It was found that two of the dyes have large values (delta = 52 GM) equivalent to AF-50.