Publications/ Last Update 1/1/03
F. C. Spano, "The Fundamental Photophysics of Conjugated Oligomer Herringbone Aggregates", J. Chem. Phys. 118, 981 (2003).
J. Qi, F. C. Spano, T. Kirova, A. Lazoudis, J. Magnes, L. Li, L. M. Narducci, R. W. Field, and A. M. Lyyra, "Measurement of Transition Dipole Moments in Lithium Dimers Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency", Phys. Rev. Lett., 88, (2002).
F. C. Spano, "Absorption and Emission oligo-Phenylene Vinylene Nanoaggregates: the Role of Disorder and Structural Defects", J. Chem. Phys. 116, 5877 (2002).
F. C. Spano, "Absorption and Emission in Pinwheel Aggregates of oligo-Phenylene Vinylene Molecules", J. Chem. Phys. 114, 5376 (2001).
F. C. Spano, "Absorption and Fluorescence in Distyrylbenzene Nanoaggregates", Syn. Met. 116, 337 (2001).
F. C. Spano, "Theory of Sub Doppler Autler-Townes Splitting in Molecules: Alignment and Orientation of the Angular Momentum in Nonpolar Molecules", J. Chem. Phys. 114, 276 (2001).
F. C. Spano, "Emission from Aggregates of Oligo-phenylene vinylenes: A Recipe for Superradiant H-Aggregates", Chem. Phys. Lett. 331, 7 (2000).
Marjatta Lyyra, Jianbing Qi and F. C. Spano, "Prospects for All-Optical Alignment of Nonpolar Molecules by using Molecular Autler-Townes Splitting", Canadian Journal of Physics, 79, 547 (2001).
S. Siddiqui and F. C. Spano, "H- and J- Aggregates of Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers: A Theoretical Investigation, Chem. Phys. Lett. 308, 99 (1999).
J. Qi, G. Lazarov, X. Wang, L. Li, L. M. Narducci, A. M. Lyyra and F. C. Spano, "Autler-Townes Splitting in Molecular Lithium: Prospects for All-Optical Alignment of Nonpolar Molecules", Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 288 (1999).
F. C. Spano and S. Siddiqui, "Exciton-Vibrational Coupling in Pinwheel Aggregates of p-Conjugated Molecules", Chem. Phys. Lett. (in press).
F. C. Spano and S. Siddiqui, "Excitons in Pinwheel Aggregates of p-Conjugated Molecules", Proceedings of the 1999 Conference on Photoinduced Charge Transfer, Rocherster , NY (in press).
E. S. Manas and F. C. Spano, "Absorption and Spontaneous Emission in Aggregates of Conjugated Molecules", J. Chem. Phys. 109, 8087 (1998).
E. S. Manas and F. C. Spano, "Radiative Decay of Excitons in Model Aggregates of p-Conjugated Oligomers", Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials IV, edited by J. R. Reynolds, A. K-Y. Jen, L. R. Dalton, M. F. Rubner, and L.Y. Chiang (Materials Research Society, 1997), vol 488, pgs 277-282.
M. J. McIntire, E. S. Manas and F. C. Spano, "Spontaneous Emission and Absorption in Model Aggregates of p-Conjugated Oligomers", J. Chem. Phys. 107, 8152 (1997).
S. Antonova, K. Urbanski, A. M. Lyyra, F. C. Spano and Li LI, State to State Collision Energy Transfer in Singlet States of Li2", Chem. Phys. Lett. 267, 158 (1997).
L.X. Chen, P.D. Laible, F. C. Spano, E. S. Manas, "Third Order Nonlinear OpticalProperties of Stacked Bacteriochlorophylls in Bacterial Photosynthetic Light-HarvestingProteins", SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3147, 1997, pg (?)
Eric S. Manas, F. C. Spano and L. X. Chen, "Nonlinear Optical Response of Cofacial Phthalocyanine Dimers and Trimers", J. Chem. Phys. 107, 707 (1997).
F. B. Gallagher and F. C. Spano, "Theory of Biexcitons in Conjugated Polymers",Synthetic Metals, 85, 1007 (1997).
J. Knoester and F. C. Spano, " Theory of Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Molecular J-Aggregates ", J Aggregates, edited by T. Kobayashi (World Scientific, 1996) (in press).
F. B. Gallagher and F. C. Spano, "Two-Photon Absorption of Biexcitons for a Truncated Potential", Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials III, edited by A. K-Y. Jen, C. Y-C Lee, L. R. Dalton, M. F. Rubner, G. E. Wnek and L.Y. Chiang (Materials Research Society, 1996). pg. 683.
F.C. Spano and E. S. Manas, "Frenkel Biexcitons in 1D J-Aggregates", Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials III, edited by A. K-Y. Jen, C. Y-C Lee, L. R. Dalton, M. F. Rubner, G. E. Wnek and L.Y. Chiang (Materials Research Society, 1996). pg. 257.
F. B. Gallagher and F. C. Spano, "Theory of Biexcitons in One-dimensional Polymers", Phys. Rev. B 53, 3790 (1996) .
F. C. Spano and E. S. Manas, " Theory of Coherent Transient Spectroscopy in Molecular Aggregates: The Effects of Interacting Excitons", J. Chem. Phys. 103, 5939 (1995).
F. C. Spano, "Pump-Probe Spectroscopy in 1D Frenkel Exciton Chains: Applications to J-aggregates", Nonlinear Optics 12, 275 (1995).
F. C. Spano, "Pump-Probe Spectrum in Interacting One-Dimensional Excitons: Biexcitons and J-aggregates", Chem. Phys. Lett. 234, 29 (1995).
J. Knoester and F. C. Spano, "Unusual Behavior of Two-Photon Absorption from 3-level molecules in a One-Dimensional Lattice", Physical Review Letters , 74, 2780 (1995).
F. B. Gallagher and F. C. Spano, "Second Hyperpolarizability of One-Dimensional Semiconductors", Phys. Rev. B, 50, 5370 (1994).
F. C. Spano, "Theory of Strong-Field Pump-Probe Spectroscopy in J-aggregates", Chem. Phys. Lett. 220, 365 (1994).Erratum: Chem. Phys. Lett. 243, 354 (1995).
B. M. Harvey and F. C. Spano, "Theory of the Faraday Effect Using Pulsed Lasers",J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B, 11 117(1994).
F. C. Spano and Z. G. Soos, "Second Hyperpolarizabilities of Huckel Rings:Analytical Results for Size and Alternation Dependences", J. Chem. Phys. 99, 9265 (1993).Erratum: J. Chem. Phys. 101, 8267 (1994).
F. C. Spano, "Nonlinear Optical Response of (AB)x Chains", J. Lumin., 58, 392(1994).
F. C. Spano and F. B. Gallagher, "Nonlinear Optical Response of Excitons in Small Ring Clusters", J. Lumin., 60, 749 (1994).
F. C. Spano and J. Knoester, "Fermions on a Frenkel Chain: Nonlinear Optical Response of Linear Molecular Aggregates", Advances in Magnetic and Optical Resonance , Ed. W. S. Warren (Academic Press, San Diego, 1994), pg. 117.
F. C. Spano, "Mean Field Nonlinear Optical Response of Charge Transfer Crystals", Chem. Phys. Lett., 211, 491 (1993).
F. C. Spano, "Weak Field Nonlinear Optical Response of Fermions in Frenkel Exciton Chains", Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 6, 3441, (1992).
F. C. Spano, "Multiple Photon Absorption and Saturation in Frenkel Exciton Chains", Phys. Rev. B 46, 13017 (1992).
F. C. Spano and K.K. Lehmann, "Pulsed Polarization Spectroscopy with Strong Fields and an Optically Thick Sample", Phys. Rev. A, 45 7997 (1992).
F.C. Spano, "Nonlinear Optical Response of One-Dimensional Molecular Crystals: Breakdown of the Local Field Approximation", J. Chem. Phys., 96, 8109 (1992).
A.A. Muenter, D. V. Brumbaugh, J. Apolito, L.A. Horn, F.C. Spano and S, Mukamel, "Size Dependence of Excited-State Dynamics for J-Aggregates at AgBr Interfaces", J. Phys.Chem., 96, 2783 (1992).
F. C. Spano, "Theory of Anomalous Photon Echo Decays in Confined Excitonic Systems", J. Phys.Chem., 96, 2843 (1992).
W. S. Warren, Q. He, M. McCoy and F. C. Spano, "Reply to the Comment on: Is Multiple Quantum Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Water Real?", J. Chem. Phys. 96, 1659 (1992).
F. C. Spano, "Fermion Excited States in One-Dimensional Molecular Aggregates with Site Disorder", Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 3424 (1991).Erratum: Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 2976 (1991).
F. C. Spano and S. Mukamel, "Excitons in Confined Geometries: Size Scaling of Nonlinear Susceptibilities", J. Chem. Phys. 95, 7526 (1992).
F.C. Spano, V. Agrononvich and S. Mukamel, "Biexciton States and Two-Photon Absorption in Molecular Monolayers", J. Chem. Phys. 95, 1400 (1991).
F.C. Spano and S. Mukamel, "Cooperative Nonlinear Response of Molecular Aggregates:Crossover to Bulk Behavior", Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1197 (1991).
F. C. Spano, J.R. Kuklinski, and S. Mukamel, "Cooperative Radiative Dynamics in Molecular Aggregates",J. Chem. Phys. 94, 7534 (1991).
F.C. Spano, J.R. Kuklinski, S. Mukamel, D.V. Brumbaugh, M. Burberry and A.A. Muenter, "Coherence Domains in the Radiative Dynamics of Molecular Aggregates", Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 194, 331 (1991).
F.C. Spano, J. R. Kuklinski and S. Mukamel, "Temperature Dependent Superradiant Decay of Excitons in Small Aggregates", Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 211 (1990).
F.C. Spano and W.S. Warren, "Photon Echo Decays in Optically Dense Media", J. Chem. Phys. 93, 1546 (1990).
F. C. Spano and S. Mukamel, "Degenerate Four Wave Mixing in Molecular Aggregates", J. Lum. 45, 412 (1990).
F. C. Spano and S. Mukamel, "Nonlinear Susceptibilities of Molecular Aggregates: Enhancement of c(3) by Size", Phys. Rev. A 40, 5783 (1989).Erratum: Phys. Rev. A 41, 5243 (1990).
S. Mukamel, J. Knoester, and F. Spano, "Polaritons and Retarded Interactions in Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities", Coherence and Quantum Optics VI, edited by J. Eberly, L. Mandel and E. Wolf (Plenum Prtess, NY 1989) p. 781.
F. C. Spano and W. S. Warren, "Superradiant Effects in Photon Echo Decays - The Superradiant Echo", Coherence and Quantum Optics VI, edited by J. Eberly, L. Mandel and E. Wolf (Plenum Prtess, NY 1989) p. 1113.
F. C. Spano and S. Mukamel, "Superradiance in Molecular Aggregates", J. Chem. Phys. 91, 683 (1989).
F. C. Spano and W.S. Warren, "Understanding Dephasing in Mixed Molecular Crystals: II. Semiclassical Dephasing and Superradiance in Hundreds of Coupled Absorbers",J. Chem. Phys. 90, 6034 (1989).
F. C. Spano and W.S. Warren, "Understanding Dephasing in Mixed Molecular Crystals: I. Photon Echoes From Dimers -Revisited", J. Chem. Phys. 89, 5492 (1988).
F. C. Spano and W.S. Warren, "Preparation of Constant Bandwidth Total Inversion, Independent of Optical Density, with Phase Modulated Laser Pulses", Phys. Rev. A 37, 1013 (1988).
F. C. Spano, M. Haner and W.S. Warren, "Spectroscopic Demonstration of Picosecond, Phase Shifted Pulse Sequences", Chem. Phys. Lett. 135, 97 (1987).
M. Haner, F. C. Spano and W.S. Warren,"Picosecond Pulse Shaping and Phase Shifting for Molecular Spectroscopy", Ultrafast Phenomena V, edited by G.R. Fleming and A.E. Siegman (Springer-Verlag 1986) p.514.
F. Spano and W.S. Warren, "Theoretical Analysis of Injection-Locked Dye Lasers: an Application to the Generation of Optical Pulse Sequences with Phase Control", Proc. SPIE Conf. Laser Applications in Chemistry and Biophysics no. 620, pg 52-56 (1986).
J. Gutow, M. McCoy, F. C. Spano and W.S. Warren,"Crafted Pulse Shapes for the Uniform Supression of a Region in a Coherent Spectrum", Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 1090 (1985).
F.Spano, F. Loaiza-Lemos, M. Haner and W.S. Warren, "High Power, Picosecond, Phase Coherent Laser Spectroscopy", Ultrafast Phenomena IV, edited by D.H. Auston and K. Eisenthal (Springer-Verlag 1984) p.99.