Linear and nonlinear optical behaviors of Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers of push-pull tolan derivatives

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 458-465

  Nakahara, Hiroo ^a   Liang, Wei ^a   Kimura, Hiromi ^b   Wada, Tatsuo ^b   Sasabe, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032347636     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000458     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. P. N. Prasad and D. J. Williams, Introduction to Nonlinear Optical Effects in Molecules and Polymers (Wiley, New York, 1991).
2. A. Ulman, An Introduction to Ultra Thin Organic Films from Langmuir-Blodgett to Self-Assemblies (Academic, San Diego, Calif., 1991).
3. G. G. Roberts, ed., Langmuir-Blodgett Films (Plenum, New York, 1990).
4. K. Kajikawa, K. Kigata, H. Takezoe, and A. Fukuda, "Second harmonic generation from Langmuir-Blodgett films in various optical geometries," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 182A, 91 (1990).
5. W. M. K. P. Wijekoon, S. P. Karna, G. B. Talapatra, and P. N. Prasad, "Second-harmonic generation studies of differences in molecular orientation of Langmuir-Blodgett films fabricated by vertical and horizontal dipping techniques," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10, 213 (1993).
6. G. J. Ashwell, P. D. Jackson, D. Lochun, P. A. Thompson, W. A. Crossland, G. S. Bahra, C. R. Brown, and C. Jasper, "Second harmonic generation from alternate-layer LB films: quadratic enhancement with film thickness," Proc. R. Soc. London A 445, 385 (1994).
7. M. N. Teerenstra, R. D. Klap, M. J. Bijl, A. J. Schouten, R. J. M. Nolte, T. Verbiest, and A. Persoons, "Preparation of Langmuir-Blodgett mono- and multilayers of copolymers of isocyanides with NLO-active side chains. Effect of a spacer group between the NLO chromophore and the polymer backbone," Macromolecules 29, 4871 (1996).
8. Th. Rasing, Y. R. Shen, M. W. Kim, P. Valint, Jr., and J. Bock, "Orientation of surfactant molecules at a liquid-air interface measured by optical second-harmonic generation," Phys. Rev. A 31, 537 (1985).
9. M. N. Teerenstra, J. G. Hagting, A. J. Schouten, R. J. M. Nolte, M. Kauranen, T. Verbiest, and A. Persoons, "Second-harmonic generation from floating monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers of poly(isocyanide)s," Macromolecules 29, 4876 (1996).
10. D. S. Chemla and J. Zyss, eds., Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Molecules and Crystals (Academic, New York, 1987), Vols. 1 and 2.
11. R. W. Munn and M. M. Shabat, "Calculation of linear and nonlinear optical response of model Langmuir-Blodgett films," J. Chem. Phys. 99, 10059 (1993).
12. P. Popovitz-Biro, K. Hill, E. M. Landau, M. Lahav, L. Leiserowitz, and J. Sagiv, "A new class of stable head-to-tail (Z-type) Langmuir-Blodgett films. A second harmonic generation study," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 110, 2672 (1988).
13. G. J. Ashwell, P. D. Jackson, and W. A. Crossland, "Non-centrosymmetry and second-harmonic generation in Z-type Langmuir-Blodgett films," Nature 368, 438 (1994.)
14. G. J. Ashwell, G. Jefferies, C. D. George, R. Ranjan, R. B. Charters, and R. P. Tatam, "Z-type Langmuir-Blodgett film structures: surface plasmon resonance, second harmonic generation and fibre optic devices," J. Mater. Chem. 6, 131 (1996).
15. W. M. K. P. Wijekoon, B. Asgharian, P. N. Prasad, T. Geisler, and S. Rosenkilde, "Linear and non-linear optical studies of mono- and multilayer Langmuir-Blodgett films of N-docosanoyl para-nitroaniline," Thin Solid Films 208, 137 (1992).
16. O. A. Aktsipetrov, N. N. Akhmediev, E. D. Mishina, and V. R. Novak, "Structure of Langmuir-Blodgett films by second harmonic generation," JETP Lett. 37, 207 (1983).
17. M. M. Ahmad, W. J. Feast, D. B. Neal, M. C. Petty, and G. G. Roberts, "4-n-Heptadecylamido-4′-nitrostilbene, a new Langmuir-Blodgett film material for non-linear optics," J. Mol. Electron. 2, 129 (1986).
18. F. Kajzar, I. R. Girlig, and I. R. Peterson, "Third-order hyperpolarizability of centrosymmetric Langmuir-Blodgett films of stilbazolium dyes," Thin Solid Films 160, 209 (1988).
19. I. R. Girling, N. A. Cade, P. V. Kolinsky, J. D. Earls, G. H. Cross, and I. R. Peterson, "Observation of second-harmonic generation from Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers of a hemicyanine dye," Thin Solid Films 132, 101 (1985).
20. P. Stroeve, D. D. Sperstein, and J. F. Rabolt, "Studies on molecular orientation and order of interleaved Langmuir-Blodgett films of a hemicyanine dye," Thin Solid Films 179, 529 (1989).
21. T. Richardson, G. G. Roberts, M. E. C. Polywka, and S. G. Davies, "Preparation and characterization of organotransition metal Langmuir-Blodgett films," Thin Solid Films 160, 231 (1988).
22. 2n + 1-Q3CNQ," J. Mater. Chem. 5, 975 (1995).
23. G. J. Ashwell, G. Jefferies, D. G. Hamilton, D. E. Lynch, M. P. S. Roberts, G. S. Bahra, and C. R. Brown, "Strong second-harmonic generation fron centrosymmetric dyes," Nature (London) 375, 385 (1985).
24. G. J. Ashwell, G. S. Bahra, C. R. Brown, D. G. Hamilton, C. H. L. Kennard, and D. E. Lynch, "2,4-Bis[4-(N,N-dibutylamino)phenyl]squaraine: x-ray crystal structure of a centrosymmetric dye and the second-order nonlinear optical properties of its the non-centrosymmetric Langmuir-Blodgett films," J. Mater. Chem. 6, 23 (1996).
25. K. Kajikawa, H. Takezoe, and A. Fukuda, "Symmetry and second-order susceptibility of hemicyanine monolayer studied by surface second-harmonic generation," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 30, 1050 (1991).
26. G. R. Desiraju and T. S. R. Krishna, "Non-centrosymmetry in organic crystals: a study of molecular conformation in some substituted tolans," J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 192 (1988).
27. 2. Unusual effects of varying n," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 109, 5884 (1987).
28. A. E. Stiegman, E. Graham, K. J. Perry, L. R. Khundkar, L.-T. Cheng, and J. W. Perry, "The electronic structure and second-order nonlinear optical properties of donor-acceptor acetylenes: a detailed investigatian of structure-property relationships," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113, 7658 (1991).
29. M. Barzoukas, A. Fort, G. Klein, A. Boeglin, C. Serbutoviez, L. Oswald, and J. F. Nicoud, "Conformational dependence of the quadratic hyperpolarisabilities of a series of push-pull diaryl acetylenes: an experimental and computional investigation," Chem. Phys. 153, 457 (1991).
30. D. Jungbauer, I. Teraoka, D. Y. Yoon, B. Reck, J. D. Swalen, R. Twieg, and C. G. Willson, "Second-order nonlinear optical properties and relaxation characteristics of poled linear epoxy polymers with tolane chromophores," J. Appl. Phys. 69, 8011 (1991).
31. K. Kondo, T. Fujitani, and N. Ohnishi, "Synthesis and non-linear properties of disubstituted diphenylacetylene and related compounds," J. Mater. Chem. 7, 429 (1997).
32. H. Nakahara and K. Fukuda, "Studies on molecular orientation in multilayers of long-chain anthraquinone derivatives by polarized infrared spectra," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 69, 27 (1979).
33. K. Sonogashira, Y. Tohda, and N. Hagihara, "A convenient synthesis of acetylenes: catalytic substitutions of acetylenic hydrogen with bromoalkenes, iodoarenes, and bromopyridines," Tetrahedron Lett. 50, 4467 (1975).
34. J. M. Robertson and I. Woodward, "X-ray analysis of the dibenzyl series V. Tolane and the triple bond," Proc. R. Soc. London A 164, 436 (1938).
35. See, e.g., A. Yariv, Quantum Electronics (Wiley, New York, 1975).