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J. Abe et al.
Acknowledgements This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26107010,
grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Photosynergetics.”
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Acknowledgements This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26107010,
grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Photosynergetics.”
References
1. Wardle B (2009) Principles and applications of photochemistry. Wiley
2. Lengyel BA (1962) Lasers generation of light by simulated emission. Wiley
3. Bret G, Gires F (1964) Giant-pulse laser and light amplifier using variable transmission
coefficient glasses as light switches. Appl Phys Lett 4:175–176
4. Geusic JE, Marcos HM, Van Uitert LG (1964) Laser oscillations in Nd-doped yttrium
aluminum, yttrium gallium and gadolinium garnets. Appl Phys Lett 4:182–184
5. Moulton P (1986) Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:Al 2 O 3 . J Opt Soc Am B 3:125–
133
6. Spence D, Kean P, Sibbett W (1991) 60-fsec pulse generation from a self-mode-locked
Ti:sapphire laser. Opt Lett 16:42–44
7. He GS, Tan LS, Zheng Q, Prasad PN (2008) Multiphoton absorbing materials: molecular
designs, characterizations, and applications. Chem Rev 108:1245–1330
8. Pawlicki M, Collins HA, Denning RG, Anderson HL (2009) Two-photon absorption and the
design of two-photon dyes. Angew Chem Int Ed 48:3244–3266
9. König K (2000) Multiphoton microscopy in life sciences. J Microsc 200:83–104
10. Helmchen F, Denk W (2005) Deep tissue two-photon microscopy. Nat Methods 2:932–940
11. Kawata S, Kawata Y (2000) Three-dimensional optical data storage using photochromic
materials. Chem Rev 100:1777–1788
12. Kawata S, Sun HB, Tanaka T, Takada K (2001) Finer features for functional microdevices.
Nature 412:697–698
13. Ferreira KN, Iverson TM, Maghlaoui K, Barber J, Iwata S (2004) Architecture of the
photosynthetic oxygen-evolving center. Science 303:1831–1838
14. Dürr H, Bouas-Laurent H (1990) Photochromism: molecules and systems. Elsevier B.V.,
Amsterdam
15. Irie M, Fukaminato T, Matsuda K, Kobatake S (2014) Photochromism of diarylethene
molecules and crystals: memories, switches, and actuators. Chem Rev 114:12174–12277
16. Yokoyama Y, Nakatani K (2017) Photon-working switches. Springer, Japan, Tokyo
17. Kobayashi Y, Mutoh K, Abe J (2018) Stepwise two-photon absorption processes utilizing
photochromic reactions. J Photochem Photobiol C Photochem Rev 34:2–28
18. Kobayashi Y, Katayama T, Yamane T, Setoura K, Ito S, Miyasaka H, Abe J (2016) Stepwise two-photon induced fast photoswitching via electron transfer in higher excited states of
photochromic imidazole dimer. J Am Chem Soc 138:5930–5938
19. Kishimoto Y, Abe J (2009) A fast photochromic molecule that colors only under UV light. J
Am Chem Soc 131:4227–4229
20. Mutoh K, Sliwa M, Abe J (2013) Rapid fluorescence switching by using a fast photochromic
[2.2]paracyclophane-bridged imidazole dimer. J Phys Chem C 117:4808–4814
21. Mutoh K, Sliwa M, Fron E, Hofkens J, Abe J (2018) Fluorescence modulation by fast
photochromism of a [2.2]paracyclophane-bridged imidazole dimer possessing a perylene
bisimide moiety. J Mater Chem C 6:9523–9531
22. Mutoh K, Miyashita N, Arai K, Abe J (2019) Turn-on mode fluorescence switch by using
negative photochromic imidazole dimer. J Am Chem Soc 141:5650–5654
23. Ishii N, Kato T, Abe J (2012) A real-time dynamic holographic material using a fast
photochromic molecule. Sci Rep 2:819
24. Ishii N, Abe J (2013) Fast photochromism in polymer matrix with plasticizer and real-time
dynamic holographic properties. Appl Phys Lett 102:163301