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The nonlinear optical properties of a hyperbranched polyyne (hb-Polyyne) have been measured at infrared wavelengths by using femtosecond and nanosecond pulsed excitation. This hyperbranched polyyne exhibited strong and intrinsic (simultaneous) two-photon absorption and upconverted blue fluorescent emission under femtosecond excitation around 800 nm. The hb-Polyyne in chloroform solution is characterized by a large two-photon absorption cross section of 9068 GM (1GM=10−50 cm4 s) and a fluorescence quantum yield of 0.57. On the other hand, by third-harmonic generation (THG) spectroscopy with nanosecond excitation, the measured third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ (3) for solid films of hb-Polyyne ranged from 2.4×10−11 to 6.1×10−11 esu in the spectral range of 1100–1600 nm, with results comparable to the values exhibited by the well-known conjugated polymer MEH:PPV, but with a much better transparency for visible wavelengths.
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Castro-Beltran, R., Ramos-Ortiz, G., Jim, C.K.W. et al. Optical nonlinearities in hyperbranched polyyne studied by two-photon excited fluorescence and third-harmonic generation spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. B 97, 489–496 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3604-y
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