Control of photochromic molecules adsorbed to optical microfibres
Control of photochromic molecules adsorbed to optical microfibres
dc.contributor.advisor | Meschede, Dieter | |
dc.contributor.author | Wiedemann, Ulrich | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-17T19:57:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-17T19:57:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 17.02.2012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/5270 | |
dc.description.abstract | The high light intensity in an optical microfibre and the resulting nonlinear effects were applied to develop a new method to precisely determine the microfibre diameter. The evanescent field of these optical microfibres was then used to control the internal state of surface-adsorbed photochromic molecules. I start with a brief sketch of the mathematical description of light propagation in step-index optical fibres. From the results the main properties of optical microfibres are derived. Then, I describe the fabrication of optical microfibres with special requirements for the experiments presented later in the thesis. A new technique to measure the submicrometre diameter of optical microfibres with an accuracy of better than 2 % is presented. This method is based on second- and third-harmonic generation. It is found that the fibre diameter can be unambiguously deduced from the peak wavelength of the harmonic light. High-resolution scanning electron microscope imaging is used to verify the results. In the following, the experimental basics for the switching of photochromic molecules adsorbed to optical microfibres are described. I present the technique to deposit and detect the molecules and show their basic behaviour due to light exposure. The internal state of the molecules is measured via their state-dependent light absorption. Repeated switching between the states is achieved by exposure to the evanescent field of a few nanowatts of light guided in the microfibre. The photochromic processes are then quantitatively analysed. Time-resolved photoswitching dynamics are measured and mathematically modelled with a rate equation model. By adjusting the microfibre evanescent field strength the dynamic equilibrium state of the molecules is controlled. I also study how many times the photochromic system can be switched before undergoing significant photochemical degradation. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | In Copyright | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject.ddc | 530 Physik | |
dc.title | Control of photochromic molecules adsorbed to optical microfibres | |
dc.type | Dissertation oder Habilitation | |
dc.publisher.name | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn | |
dc.publisher.location | Bonn | |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | |
dc.identifier.urn | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-27667 | |
ulbbn.pubtype | Erstveröffentlichung | |
ulbbnediss.affiliation.name | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | |
ulbbnediss.affiliation.location | Bonn | |
ulbbnediss.thesis.level | Dissertation | |
ulbbnediss.dissID | 2766 | |
ulbbnediss.date.accepted | 20.12.2011 | |
ulbbnediss.institute | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät : Fachgruppe Physik/Astronomie / Institut für angewandte Physik (IAP) | |
ulbbnediss.fakultaet | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät | |
dc.contributor.coReferee | Linden, Stefan |
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