2ND HARMONIC-GENERATION BY MEROCYANINE IN MESOMORPHIC FILMS - AN ANOMALOUS ELECTROSTATIC-FIELD EFFECT

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作者
YITZCHAIK, S [1 ]
BERKOVIC, G [1 ]
KRONGAUZ, V [1 ]
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[1] WEIZMANN INST SCI,DEPT STRUCT CHEM,IL-76100 REHOVOT,ISRAEL
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10.1021/cm00008a017
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Poled thin films of merocyanine obtained by photo- or thermochromic conversion of spiropyran incorporated in various mesogenic molecules, including liquid-crystal polymers, quasi-liquid crystals, and blends, exhibit strong second harmonic generation (SHG). As well as the “conventional” SHG deriving from the χ(2)xxx component, where x is the poling direction (in the plane of the film), the films exhibit an even stronger anomalous “perpendicular” SHG via χ(2)zzz hyperpolarizability when an electric field in the x direction is reapplied to the samples at room temperature. It is believed that this anomalous SHG arises from merocyanine aggregates stacked in the z direction being rotated by the field. © 1990, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
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页码:162 / 168
页数:7
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