Third-order nonlinear optical properties of oligothiophene-based thin films investigated by electroabsorption spectroscopy: Influence of conjugated chain length and electron-withdrawing substituents

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 156, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 154-161

  Videlot Ackermann, Christine ^a   Isoshima, Takashi ^b   Yassar, Abderrahim ^c   Wada, Tatsuo ^b   Sasabe, Hiroyuki ^d   Fichou, Denis ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d CHITOSE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Chain length effect; Electroabsorption spectroscopy; Oligothiophene; Substitution effect; Third order nonlinearlity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OLIGOMERS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CHAIN LENGTH EFFECT; ELECTROABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOTHIOPHENE; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEARLITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33344468727     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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