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From Magnetic to Nonlinear Optical Switches in Spin‐Crossover Complexes
Author(s) -
Lacroix Pascal G.,
Malfant Isabelle,
Real JoseAntonio,
Rodriguez Vincent
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201201151
Subject(s) - chemistry , spin crossover , nonlinear optical , component (thermodynamics) , nonlinear system , focus (optics) , crossover , quadratic equation , spin (aerodynamics) , nonlinear optics , molecule , chemical physics , nanotechnology , optics , quantum mechanics , crystallography , thermodynamics , physics , organic chemistry , computer science , geometry , mathematics , materials science , artificial intelligence
Various attempts to combine magnetic and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties in a molecule are reviewed, with a special focus on the possibility of interplay between the magnetic component and the quadratic ([prop] E 2 ) NLO response. This multidisciplinary research leads to the idea of spin‐crossover‐induced (SCO‐induced) NLO switching and is evaluated at the synthetic level, with insights provided by computational chemistry. The need for nontraditional experimental setups to record NLO properties in the solid state is discussed.