Thermally-driven unusual dual SHG switching with wide SHG-active steps triggered by inverse symmetry breaking
Tie Zhang, Junyi Li, Guo‐Wei Du, Kun Ding, Xiaogang Chen, Yi Zhang, Da‐Wei Fu
Abstract
A hybrid molecular crystal exhibits unusual stable two-step SHG “off–on–off” switches above room temperature, which involved a kind of inverse temperature symmetry breaking SHG “off–on” switch.
Topics & Concepts
InverseDual (grammatical number)Second-harmonic generationSymmetry (geometry)Materials scienceSymmetry breakingOptoelectronicsOpticsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsGeometryMathematicsArtLaserLiteraturePorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research