Optical studies of inorganic/organic hybrid crystals
Abstract
Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Crystals (IOHCs) have emerged as new materials with applications in optics. The present study aims at characterizing the fluorescence and stimulated emission of these inclusions. We demonstrated Q-switched-pumped laser operations using IOHCs, and we devised a modified saturation intensity analysis to extract the spontaneous emission lifetime of the media. We investigated a reversible, temperature-dependent, solvatochromic interaction of a basic pyrene inclusion in K2SO4. We characterized a fluorescence quenching at cryogenic temperatures of sulforhodamine inclusions. Finally, we searched for the spectral fine structure in the sulforhodamine B inclusion.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Elliott, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Electrical engineering|Optics|Organic chemistry
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