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Organic Materials for Third‐Order Nonlinear Optics
Author(s) -
Nalwa Hari Singh
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050504
Subject(s) - materials science , nonlinear optics , polymer , molecular engineering , fabrication , nonlinear optical , nanotechnology , figure of merit , flexibility (engineering) , ultrashort pulse , organic solar cell , nonlinear system , optoelectronics , optics , laser , composite material , quantum mechanics , medicine , statistics , physics , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology
The current status of organic low‐molecular weight and polymeric materials for third‐order nonlinear optics is reviewed. The importance of organic materials lies in their promise of large nonlinear optical figure of merit, high optical damage thresholds, ultrafast optical responses, architectural flexibility, and ease of fabrication. Organic materials exhibiting interesting third‐order nonlinear optical properties are discussed to illustrate the importance of structure–property correlations. Results on emerging organic materials that include liquids, dyes, fullerenes, charge‐transfer complexes, π‐conjugated polymers, dye‐grafted polymers, organometallic compounds, composites, and liquid crystals are presented. Organic nonlinear optical materials seem promising for a wide range of applications and their potential for integrated optics should be further explored.