NONLINEAR-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CHIRAL POLYMERS

Authors
KAURANEN M VERBIEST T MAKI JJ PERSOONS A
Citation
M. Kauranen et al., NONLINEAR-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CHIRAL POLYMERS, Synthetic metals, 81(2-3), 1996, pp. 117-120
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
81
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
117 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1996)81:2-3<117:NPOCP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The efficiency of second-harmonic generation from chiral surfaces is d ifferent for fundamental beams that are left- and right-hand circularl y polarized or that have two appropriately chosen linear polarizations . These effects can occur within the electric-dipole approximation. Ho wever, for the case of thin films of chiral polymers, we provide evide nce of magnetic-dipole contributions to this form of nonlinear optical activity.