Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Molecules and Crystals V2

Part III. Cubic Nonlinear Optical Effects

Chapter III-1 Basic Structural and Electronic Properties of Polydiacetylenes

I. Introduction

II. Synthetic Aspects and Physical-Chemical Characterization

III. Electronic Properties

IV. Conclusion

References

Chapter III-2 Cubic Effects in Polydiacetylene Solutions and Films

I. Introduction

II. Theory

III. Experimental Methods and Results

IV. Discussion

References

Chapter III-3 Degenerate Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility of Polydiacetylenes

I. Introduction

II. Nonlinear Optical Measurements in Multilayers of Polydiacetylenes

III. Polydiacetylene Materials Research and Time-Resolved Nonlinear Optical Measurements

IV. Conclusion

References

Chapter III-4 Dimensionality Effects and Scaling Laws in Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities

I. Introduction

II. Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities

III. Zero-Dimensionality System

IV. One-Dimensional Systems

V. Two- and Three- Dimensional Systems

VI. Microstructures and Conclusion

References

Chapter III-5 Trends in Calculations of Polarizabilities and Hyperpolarizabilities of Long Molecules

I. Introduction

II. FF and SOS Studies of (Hyper)Polarizabilities of Small-Chain Molecules

III. Comparison of the Physical Content of the CHF and SOS Methods

IV. Concluding Remarks

Appendix

References

Chapter III-6 Resonant Molecular Optics

I. Introduction

II. Structural and Dynamical Properties of Molecular Systems

III. Basic Theory

IV. Selected Examples

V. Summary and Prognosis

References

Part IV Concluding Comments

Chapter IV-1 Optical Properties and the Intermolecular Bond: By Way of Extension from Molecular to Supramolecular Materials

Appendix I Organic SHG Powder Test Data

References

Appendix II Organic EFISH Hyperpolarizability Data

References

Index