Nonlinear absorption and photoluminescence emission in nanocomposite films of Fuchsine Basic dye-polymer system

  • G. Sreekumar
  • , P. G. Louie Frobel
  • , S. Sreeja
  • , S. R. Suresh
  • , S. Mayadevi
  • , C. I. Muneera
  • , C. S. Suchand Sandeep
  • , Reji Philip
  • , Chandrachur Mukharjee

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    Abstract

    Fuchsine Basic dye-polyvinyl alcohol composite films were fabricated and their structure, nonlinear absorption as well as linear absorption and photoluminescence properties were investigated. Switchover from saturable absorption to two-photon assisted excited state absorption with increase in intensity was observed in the open aperture Z-scan study (Nd:YAG, 532 nm, 7 ns). The effective two-photon absorption coefficient β was found to be several orders higher than that reported for rhodamine B. The dye-polymer films were characterized as nanocomposites with dye microdomains encapsulated between molecules of the amorphous polymer and having average surface roughness as low as ≈0.46 nm. The samples also exhibited intense photoluminescence emission when excited with 534 nm radiation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)61-65
    Number of pages5
    JournalChemical Physics Letters
    Volume506
    Issue number1-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11-04-2011

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • General Physics and Astronomy
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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