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Organic Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics

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Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials

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Organic materials have become of great importance with regard to their nonlinear optical and electro-optic properties. They have attracted attention for applications in areas such as efficient frequency-conversion and high-speed light modulation. As a special feature their macroscopic properties arise from the properties of the constituent molecules. There are several possibilities to arrange these molecules macroscopically. The most common forms are single crystals [1-5], polymers [2, 6], and Langmuir-Blodgett films [7]. Besides these cases there exist other interesting concepts such as e.g. molecular beam deposition for the preparation of thin films. Since the macroscopic nonlinearity arises from the constituent molecules, the optimization of a material for a certain application consists of two steps. On the one hand, the nonlinear optical properties of the molecules have to be maximized and, on the other hand, the arrangement of these molecules in crystals or thin films has to be optimized.

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Bosshard, C. et al. (1999). Organic Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics. In: Braga, D., Grepioni, F., Orpen, A.G. (eds) Crystal Engineering: From Molecules and Crystals to Materials. NATO Science Series, vol 538. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4505-3_15

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