Nanocomposite Materials and Microstructured Devices for Optical Limiting and Switching and Photovoltaic Applications

摘要

This is a multi-investigator program, involving an integrated theory and modeling, synthesis, nonlinear optical spectroscopy, and electronic characterization effort, that is being undertaken by the Perry, Bredas, Kippelen and Marder groups. The activities being pursued under this AFOSR program are: (1) development two-photon absorbing molecules with large two-photon cross sections and excited-state absorption cross sections for optical power limiting applications, (2) chromophore/ nanoparticle assemblies with enhanced nonlinearity for optical power limiting applications, and (3) advanced organic transport materials for photovoltaic/photoconducting applications.