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Quadratic Electro-Optical Characterization of Molecular Nonlinear optical Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

John C. Luong ,
N. F. Borrelli  and
A. R. Olszeuski
John C. Luong
Affiliation:
Corning Glass Works R & D Laboratories, Corning, N.Y. 14831
N. F. Borrelli
Affiliation:
Corning Glass Works R & D Laboratories, Corning, N.Y. 14831
A. R. Olszeuski
Affiliation:
Corning Glass Works R & D Laboratories, Corning, N.Y. 14831
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Abstract

A convenient method of measuring the nonlinear optical properties of molecular compounds is described. The method involves measuring the quadratic electro-optical coefficient of a polymer composite containing a variable concentration of the candidate NLO material. The X(3) (ω) value obtained by this low-frequency Kerr measurement, after local-field corrections, can be compared to the nonresonant third-order susceptibility measured by degenerate-four-wave-mixing technique on selective samples. We find that the choice of the polymer matrix dictates the contribution of second-order susceptibility to the Kerr coefficient. Therefore, our method can also be extended to the measurement of second-order susceptibility, analogous to the technique of field-induced second-harmonic-generation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 109: Symposium K – Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polymers , 1987 , 251
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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