Impact of the Nature of the Excited-State Transition Dipole Moments on the Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of Polymethine Dyes for All-Optical Switching Applications

ACS Photonics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Gieseking ◽  
Sukrit Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Chad Risko ◽  
Jean-Luc Brédas
2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 407-413
Author(s):  
YAN-LING WANG ◽  
GUAN-CHENG JIANG ◽  
YE-FEI WANG ◽  
JING-JING ZHENG ◽  
MA LI

The third-order nonlinearity of a novel ET[bis(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene] complex (ET ⋅ BF3) has been measured by using the Z-scan technique with a laser pulse width of 30 ps at 1064 nm. The third-order nonlinear refractive index (n2), nonlinear absorption coefficient (β) and nonlinear susceptibilities (χ(3)) of a sample acetonitrile solution are 3.5 × 10-11 esu, 1.65 cm/GW and 5.4 × 10-12 esu, respectively. The nonresonant second-order hyperpolarizability (γ) for the molecule has been estimated to be 2.77 × 10-30 esu. The two merit factors for all-optical switching are W ≫ 1 and T = 1.49, respectively.


1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fryad Z. Henari ◽  
Kai Morgenstern ◽  
Werner J. Blau ◽  
Vladimir A. Karavanskii ◽  
Vladimir S. Dneprovskii

1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Guo ◽  
S. Mazumdar ◽  
G. I. Stegeman ◽  
M. Cha ◽  
D. Neher ◽  
...  

The third order nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polymers have been considered promising since the 1970s when Sauteret et al reported large non-resonant values in PTS.[1] Although it is well-understood that the physical origin of the nonlinearities is due to the delocalization of the π-electrons, the details, and how best to calculate them have been the focus of a continuing theoretical dialogue. Until recently, experimental investigations of nonlinearities have been limited to only a few wavelengths. Now third harmonic generation (THG), which accesses only the electronic nonlinearities, can be performed over wide spectral ranges, for example from 500 to 2000 nm. The resulting third harmonic wavelength typically spans the electronic molecular transitions associated with the nonlinearities. By measuring the spectral distribution of both the amplitude and phase of the third harmonic signal, the dominant transitions (between the“essential states”) contributing to the nonlinearity can be identified. Such information is most useful for comparing with theories in which the oscillator strengths (transition dipole moments) for the various molecular transitions are calculated.


2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Gieseking ◽  
Sukrit Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Chad Risko ◽  
Seth R. Marder ◽  
Jean-Luc Brédas

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