Compact TCBD based molecules and supramolecular assemblies for third-order nonlinear optics

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-303

  Beels, Marten T ^a   Fleischman, Michelle S ^a   Biaggio, Ivan ^a   Breiten, Benjamin ^b   Jordan, Markus ^b   Diederich, François ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON-DONATING GROUP; END-GROUPS; HIGH VACUUM; MOLECULAR BEAM DEPOSITION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84862122141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000294     Document Type: Article

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