Optimizing the second-order nonlinear optical response in some indoline-based chromophores at the molecular and macroscopic levels

Ayele Teshome; M. Delower H. Bhuiyan; Mohamed Ashraf; Graeme J. Gainsford; Andrew J. Kay; Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen; Inge Asselberghs; Koen Clays

doi:10.1117/12.892312

7 September 2011 Optimizing the second-order nonlinear optical response in some indoline-based chromophores at the molecular and macroscopic levels

Ayele Teshome, M. Delower H. Bhuiyan, Mohamed Ashraf, Graeme J. Gainsford, Andrew J. Kay, Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen, Inge Asselberghs, Koen Clays

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Proceedings Volume 8113, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials XI; 81130G (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892312
Event: SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The effect of extending the conjugation length, the deployment of various substituents and configurational locking of the polyene backbone on the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) response of a series of indoline based compounds has been investigated. The compounds were examined using Hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) and relative second-harmonic generation (SHG) techniques with a femtosecond operating system with a 1300 nm fundamental wavelength. All of the compounds were found to have high molecular hyperpolarizabilities with β values of up to 1230 × 10^-30 esu. At the macroscopic level-for poled polymer thin films-a strong second-order NLO signal has been detected and d₃₃ values of up to 217 pm/V are found-a response of some ten times greater than that found for the well known azo dye Disperse Red 1.

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Ayele Teshome, M. Delower H. Bhuiyan, Mohamed Ashraf, Graeme J. Gainsford, Andrew J. Kay, Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen, Inge Asselberghs, and Koen Clays "Optimizing the second-order nonlinear optical response in some indoline-based chromophores at the molecular and macroscopic levels", Proc. SPIE 8113, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials XI, 81130G (7 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892312

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