摘要:
The nonlinear absorption of five metal TMPPs (TMPP: tetrakis-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin) doped in boric acid glass are measured with the linear polarized nanosecond laser pulses at different wavelengths by Z-scan; the two-photon absorption (TPA) is dominant in the near infrared, while the characteristic of saturation absorption (SA) is observed close to the Q(0,0) band of porphyrin. The symmetry allowed two-photon pi(*), pi transitions are suggested to be B-1(1g)* <-- S-0 and B-1(2g)* <-- S-0, with the cross-sections delta ranging from 25 x 10(-50) to 114 x 10(-50) cm(4) s/photon. We analyze the property of SA with a four-level system, and find that the magnitudes of excited-state absorptivity and saturation intensity are not affected by changing the central metal ion in these experiments. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.