Abstract

Four phthalocyanine derivatives with different electron donor and acceptor substituents (B1, B2, B3, and B4) were synthesized by a solid-phase melting method. The influence of substituent type on the nonlinear optical properties of the materials was investigated in detail. In the case of similar conjugated structures, B3, which has amino electron-donor groups, presents high intramolecular charge transfer, a low energy gap (2.05 eV), and good nonlinear optical properties. Compared with B3, B4 has a larger π-conjugated structure and its energy gap is 0.04 eV smaller. Moreover, B4 has stronger reverse saturation absorption (7 × 10⁻¹² m/W) and optical limiting performance. The four phthalocyanine derivatives exhibit third harmonic generation (THG) characteristics. Furthermore, the third harmonic strengths of B1, B2, B3, and B4 are 4 times, 9 times, 11 times, and 21 times that of SiO₂, respectively. So, B4 has the best application potential in laser protection and frequency conversion.

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