CHIRAL EFFECTS IN THE 2ND-ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY OF A POLY(ISOCYANIDE) MONOLAYER

Authors
KAURANEN M VERBIEST T MEIJER EW HAVINGA EE TEERENSTRA MN SCHOUTEN AJ NOLTE RJM PERSOONS A
Citation
M. Kauranen et al., CHIRAL EFFECTS IN THE 2ND-ORDER OPTICAL NONLINEARITY OF A POLY(ISOCYANIDE) MONOLAYER, Advanced materials, 7(7), 1995, pp. 641-644
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
7
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
641 - 644
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1995)7:7<641:CEIT2O>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Communication: The influence of chirality on the nonlinear optical pro perties of poly(isocyanide)s is examined. It is found that the chiral and nonlinear properties can occur on different levels of the molecula r structure and can therefore be separately tuned, but that they still can be coupled together. The NLO properties of chiral molecules can a lso be enhanced significantly by optimizing the magnetic contributions to the nonlinearity, an important result for applications in electro- optics.