Resonant and static cubic hyperpolarizabilities of push-pull dipolar and quadrupolar chromophores: Toward enhanced two-photon absorption

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4461, Issue , 2001, Pages 78-89

  Barzoukas, Marguerite ^a   Blanchard Desce, Mireille ^b  

^a INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Push pull dipolar molecules; Push pull quadrupolar molecules; Static cubic hyperpolarizability; Two photon absorption; Two photon resonant cubic hyperpolarizability; Valence bond models

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS;

HYPERPOLARIZABILITY;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0035765473     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449818     Document Type: Article

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