Organic two-dimensional chromophores as media for tunable absorption of entangled photon pairs

Alica R. Guzman; Michael R. Harpham; Ozgun Suzer; Theodore G. Goodson III

doi:10.1117/12.866186

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26 August 2010 Organic two-dimensional chromophores as media for tunable absorption of entangled photon pairs

Alica R. Guzman; Michael R. Harpham; Ozgun Suzer; Theodore G. Goodson III

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Proceedings Volume 7774, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials X; 777412 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.866186
Event: SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

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Organic conjugated nonlinear optical (NLO) macromolecules have been shown to successfully absorb and detect entangled photons generated by the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). Entangled photon pairs produced by SPDC are used in our laboratory to investigate entangled two-photon absorption (ETPA) at extremely low excitation fluxes in these materials. In this proceeding we show that with novel 2-D multi-annulene macromolecules we are able to demonstrate a strong ETPA cross-section which is also sensitive to the spatial orientation of the SPDC emission pattern.

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Alica R. Guzman, Michael R. Harpham, Ozgun Suzer, and Theodore G. Goodson III "Organic two-dimensional chromophores as media for tunable absorption of entangled photon pairs", Proc. SPIE 7774, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials X, 777412 (26 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.866186

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