Ultrafast dynamics of a series multi-branched styryl derivatives with reverse conjugated structural configuration

Abstract

To study the effect of conjugated structural configurations on the two-photon absorption properties, tri-branched compounds with the same electron-donating and electron-accepting groups connected in a reverse conjugated structural mode, are systematically investigated using steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopies, open-aperture Z-scan, and two-photon fluorescence measurements. The two-photon absorption cross-section of compound R03 with the strong electron donor triphenylamine as the central core of 766 GM is notably large and is approximately 1.7 times larger than that of the tri-branched compound T03-a with a reverse conjugated structural mode and with the 1,3,5-triazine electron acceptor as the central core. This finding indicates that the conjugated mode does have an important effect on the nonlinear optical properties. A two-color pump-probe experiment is used to investigate the ultrafast responses and intra-molecular charge transfer properties of these multi-branched compounds. The form...