DETERMINATION OF THE HYPERPOLARIZABILITY OF AN OCTOPOLAR MOLECULAR ION BY HYPER-RAYLEIGH SCATTERING

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VERBIEST, T
CLAYS, K
PERSOONS, A
MEYERS, F
BREDAS, JL
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[1] UNIV MONS,SERV CHIM MAT NOUVEAUX,B-7000 MONS,BELGIUM
[2] UNIV LEUVEN,MAT RES CTR,B-3001 LOUVAIN,BELGIUM
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10.1364/OL.18.000525
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The first observation to our knowledge of a second-order nonlinear optical effect in a nonpolar molecular ion is reported. Hyper-Rayleigh scattering was observed from aqueous and organic solutions of the tricyanomethanide ion [C(CN)3]-. Because of the absence of a dipole moment and the presence of a charge in this planar, nonpolar, but highly polarizable molecular anion with D3h symmetry, no electric-field-induced second-harmonic-generation experiments are possible. The experimental values for the first hyperpolarizability beta(xxx) [(7 +/- 1.5) X 10(-30) esu, independent of the solvent] are in good agreement with the results from quantum-chemical calculations.
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