Heavy-atom effect on second hyperpolarizabilities of thiophene homologues investigated by a femtosecond optical-Kerr-effect experiment and ab initio molecular orbital calculation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 838-845

  Kamada, Kenji ^a   Ueda, Minoru ^a   Sakaguchi, Toru ^a   Ohta, Koji ^a   Fukumi, Tosoio ^a  

^a Ministry of International Trade and Industry   (Japan)

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EID: 0032354207     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000838     Document Type: Article

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