Toward Two-Photon Absorbing Dyes with Unusually Potentiated Nonlinear Fluorescence Response

The combination of two two-photon-induced processes in a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-operated photochromic fluorene-dithienylethene dyad lays the foundation for the observation of a quartic dependence of the fluorescence signal on the excitation light intensity. While this photophysica...

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Autores: Benítez Martín, Carlos, Li, Shiming, Domínguez Alfaro, Antonio, Pischel, Uwe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/18824
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18824
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dyes and pigments
Fluorescence
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Absorption spectroscopy
Lasers
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Sumario:The combination of two two-photon-induced processes in a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-operated photochromic fluorene-dithienylethene dyad lays the foundation for the observation of a quartic dependence of the fluorescence signal on the excitation light intensity. While this photophysical behavior is predicted for a four-photon absorbing dye, the herein proposed approach opens the way to use two-photon absorbing dyes, reaching the same performance. Hence, the spatial resolution limit, being a critical parameter for applications in fluorescence imaging or data storage with common two-photon absorbing dyes, is dramatically improved.