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Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical Properties Through Supramolecular Chirality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Van Elshocht ,
B. Busson ,
T. Verbiest ,
M. Kauranen ,
J. Snauwaert ,
L. Hellemans ,
A. Persoons ,
C. Nuckolls  and
T.J. Katz
S. Van Elshocht
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
B. Busson
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
T. Verbiest
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
M. Kauranen
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
J. Snauwaert
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
L. Hellemans
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
A. Persoons
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical and Biological Dynamics, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
C. Nuckolls
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
T.J. Katz
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Abstract

We study second-order nonlinear optical properties of enantiomerically pure and racemic Langmuir-Blodgett films of a chiral helicenebisquinone. Supramolecular aggregation of the material enhances the nonlinear efficiency of the enantiomerically pure material. We also show that the material is potentially useful for constructing quasi-phase-matched structures for frequency conversion.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 561: Symposium F – Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices , 1999 , 15
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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