6MNEP: a molecular cation with large hyperpolarizability and promise for nonlinear optical applications
Gabriel A. Valdivia‐Berroeta, Karissa C. Kenney, Erika W. Jackson, Joseph C. Bloxham, Adam X. Wayment, Daniel J. Brock, Stacey J. Smith, Jeremy A. Johnson, David J. Michaelis
Abstract
The featured organic push-pull chromophores 6MNEP-T and 6MNEP-4NBS show from 1.6 to 2.5 times larger calculated macroscopic nonlinearities compared with benchmark organic nonlinear optical crystals.
Topics & Concepts
HyperpolarizabilityMaterials scienceNonlinear opticalNonlinear systemNonlinear opticsNanotechnologyChemical physicsOptoelectronicsQuantum mechanicsPhysicsNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesMolecular spectroscopy and chirality