Discrimination of photo-induced isomerization and molecular reorientation processes in azobenzene derivative doped in a polymer
Discrimination of photo-induced isomerization and molecular reorientation processes in azobenzene derivative doped in a polymer
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DOI:
10.1364/ome.8.000332
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发表时间:
2018-02-01
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2.8
通讯作者:
Okoshi, Kento
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作者:
Kawabe, Yutaka;Okoshi, Kento
In order to investigate the mechanism of photo-induced processes of azo molecules doped in polymer, temporal evolution of the absorption spectrum and transmittance for two polarization components were measured under and after optical pumping. A simple model was applied to decompose the contributions from angular hole burning (AHB) due to photoisomerization and following molecular reorientation (MRO). The result for disperse red 1 (DR1) in poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA) indicated the dominance of AHB in the order of seconds while slow accumulation of the MRO effect became significant during a longer time range. Several extraordinary behaviors observed in preceding studies will be explained in context given in this study. Dependence on dye concentration showed that MRO was more significant in highly loaded samples. Further, quantum yield of photo-isomerization process in this system was estimated to be 8%. (c) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement.