Content: Molecular optics : nonlinear optical properties of organic and polymeric crystals / A.F. Garito, K.D. Singer, and C.C. Teng --
Design and characterization of molecular and polymeric nonlinear optical materials : successes and pitfalls / Gerald R. Meredith --
Organic materials for optical second harmonic generation / Robert J. Twieg and Kanti Jain --
Nonlinear organic crystals : theoretical concepts, materials, and optical properties / J. Badan, R. Hierle, A. Périgaud, and J. Zyss --
Characterization of liquid crystalline polymers for electro-optic applications / G.R. Meredith, J.G. Vandusen, and D.J. Williams --
Second-order nonlinear media from spiropyran merocyanine quasicrystals / G.R. Meredith, D.J. Williams, S.N. Fishman, E.S. Goldburt, and V.A. Krongauz --
Nonlinear optical interactions in organic crystal cored fibers / B.K. Nayar --
Optical nonlinearities and photoinduced solitons in conjugated polymer crystals / Christos Flytzanis --
Nonlinear optical properties of polydiacetylenes / M.L. Shand and R.R. Chance --
Third-order nonlinear susceptibility in multilayers of polydiacetylene / Gary M. Carter, Yung Jui Chen, and Sukant K. Tripathy --
Epitaxial growth of polydiacetylenes / Scott E. Rickert, Jerome B. Lando, and Stephen Ching --
Nonlinear electro-optic and dielectric properties of flexible polymers / Garo Khanarian and Alan E. Tonelli.
Author(s): David J. Williams (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 233
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1983
Language: English
Pages: 254
City: Washington, D.C
Title Page......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
ACS Symposium Series......Page 5
FOREWORD......Page 6
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PREFACE......Page 7
1 Molecular Optics: Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic and Polymeric Crystals......Page 10
Second Harmonic Generation and Linear Electrooptic Effect in Solids......Page 11
Origin of X(2) and the Second Order Nonlinear Electronic Susceptibility β......Page 14
DC Induced Second Harmonic Generation......Page 16
Theoretical Calculations of β and Charge Correlated π - Electron States......Page 19
Disubstituted Diacetylene Single Crystal Polymers......Page 22
Diacetylene Films and Optical Guided Wave Structures......Page 29
Conclusion......Page 31
Literature Cited......Page 34
2 Design and Characterization of Molecular and Polymeric Nonlinear Optical Materials: Successes and Pitfalls......Page 36
Methods and Evaluation of Second-Order Nonlinearity Preserving Alignments......Page 37
Characterizations by Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Experimentation......Page 44
Conclusion......Page 63
Literature Cited......Page 64
3 Organic Materials for Optical Second Harmonic Generation......Page 66
Typical Organic Nonlinear Materials......Page 68
Molecular Structure and SHG......Page 72
Crystal Structure and SHG......Page 74
Our Approach to the Design of Organic Molecules for SHG......Page 75
Literature Cited......Page 88
Theoretical Concepts......Page 90
Molecular engineering......Page 92
Crystal Engineering and Efficiencies of 3-methyl 4-nitropyridine I-oxide (POM), MAP and N-4-nitrophenylprolinol (NPP)......Page 96
Crystal Growth......Page 103
Acknowledgments......Page 114
Literature Cited......Page 115
5 Characterization of Liquid Crystalline Polymers for Electro-optic Applications......Page 117
Guest Alignment Physics......Page 122
SHG In Thin Film Liquid Crystals......Page 128
Dynamical and Thermal Dependences of Induced SHG......Page 132
Properties of the Liquid Crystalline Host Polymer......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 138
Literature Cited.......Page 140
6 Second-Order Nonlinear Media from Spiropyran Merocyanine Quasicrystals......Page 142
Experimental Methods......Page 144
Results......Page 145
Discussion......Page 149
Conclusions......Page 157
Literature Cited......Page 158
7 Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Organic Crystal Cored Fibers......Page 160
Non-linear Interactions in Waveguides......Page 161
Organic crystal cored fibres......Page 162
Fabrication of benzil crystal cored fibres......Page 164
SHG in crystal cored Fibres......Page 166
Experimental results......Page 169
Conclusions......Page 170
Literature Cited......Page 172
8 Optical Nonlinearities and Photoinduced Solitons in Conjugated Polymer Crystals......Page 174
Main structural and optical properties of conjugated polymers......Page 175
Nonlinear optical susceptibilities......Page 178
Time response of the optical nonlinearities. Solitons.......Page 186
Selective phonon localization and polymerization of diacetylenes......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 190
Literature Cited......Page 191
9 Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polydiacetylenes......Page 193
Material Properties and Linear Optical Properties......Page 196
Nonlinear Optical Properties......Page 198
Literature Cited......Page 217
10 Third-Order Nonlinear Susceptibility in Multilayers of Polydiacetylene......Page 219
Choice of the Monomer and Monomer Synthesis......Page 221
Thin Film Growth and Multilayer Assemblies......Page 222
Measurement Technique......Page 228
Acknowledgments......Page 233
Literature Cited......Page 234
11 Epitaxial Growth of Polydiacetylenes......Page 235
Results and Discussion......Page 236
Conclusion......Page 238
Literature Cited......Page 239
12 Nonlinear Electro-optic and Dielectric Properties of Flexible Polymers......Page 240
Kerr Effect......Page 241
Electric Field Induced Light Scattering......Page 242
Dielectric Polarization and Saturation......Page 244
Electric field Induced Second Harmonic Generation......Page 247
Literature Cited......Page 248
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