Third-order nonlinear optical properties of in-backbone substituted oligo(triacetylene) chromophores

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1656-1660

  Concilio, S ^a,b   Biaggio, I ^a,c   Gunter P ^a   Piotto, S P ^a   Edelmann, M J ^a   Raimundo, J M ^a   Diederich, F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OLIGOMERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HYPERPOLARIZABILITY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0041920840     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001656     Document Type: Article

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