Sum-rules and quantum limits: nonlinear optics from first principles

Javier Pérez-Moreno; Koen Clays; Mark G. Kuzyk

doi:10.1117/12.781230

16 April 2008 Sum-rules and quantum limits: nonlinear optics from first principles

Javier Pérez-Moreno, Koen Clays, Mark G. Kuzyk

Proceedings Volume 6999, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics III; 699922 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781230
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Much progress has been made in improving the molecular hyperpolarizability by constructing larger structures with lots of pi-delocalized electrons. This bigger-is-better approach does not answer a more fundamental question of what intrinsic molecular properties yield the largest response. We introduce a novel analysis (the quantum limits analysis) which is simple to apply and combines first principles with experimental results. The quantum limits analysis allows us to determine the intrinsic nonlinear efficiency of a structure and highlights the underlying physical principles behind the nonlinear response of molecules.

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Javier Pérez-Moreno, Koen Clays, and Mark G. Kuzyk "Sum-rules and quantum limits: nonlinear optics from first principles", Proc. SPIE 6999, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics III, 699922 (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781230

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