Open AccessCharacterization and investigation of NLO properties of electrodeposited polythiophenes
Author(s) -
Viviana Figà,
J. Luc,
B. Kulyk,
Mimouna Baïtoul,
B. Sahraoui
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of the european optical society. rapid publications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1990-2573
DOI - 10.2971/jeos.2009.09016
Subject(s) - photocurrent , materials science , nonlinear optical , characterization (materials science) , band gap , doping , spectroscopy , second harmonic generation , electronic materials , nonlinear system , optoelectronics , polythiophene , nanotechnology , polymer , conductive polymer , optics , composite material , physics , laser , quantum mechanics
In this work we study the electronic properties of ClO4- doped polythiophenes and discuss the nonlinear optical properties of these organic compounds galvanostatically electrodeposited on ITO glasses. The investigation on the electronic properties (band gap, flat band potential) was performed by means of a non-destructive optical technique, photocurrent spectroscopy (PCS). The investigation on the nonlinear optical response was carried out by means of second and third harmonic generation measurements. In particular, the effect of the oxidation state of the polymeric films was studied by comparing the NLO response of oxidized and reduced polythiophenes. Reduced polymeric films show higher values of the second (χ<2>) and third (χ<3>) order nonlinear susceptibilities