Abstract
The nonlinear absorption mechanisms of a porphyrin-squaraine-porphyrin macromolecule have been studied with femto/pico/nanosecond pulsewidths. Two-photon absorption of the macromolecule is ~10× larger than the constituents and is explained by intra-molecular charge transfer.
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