Hyper-Rayleigh scattering investigation of nitrobenzyl pyridine model compounds for optical modulation of the hyperpolarisability

Stephan Houbrechts, Koen Clays, André Persoons, Zoe Pikramenou, Jean-Marie Lehn

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Abstract

Hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) is used to determine the molecular hyperpolarisability (β) of model compounds for the two tautomeric forms of nitrobenzyl pyridine (NBP) derivatives. For each derivative large differences (a factor of 10 to 200) are found between the two forms which indicates that the NBP system can be used to optically modulate second-harmonic generation through a photoinduced proton transfer process.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)485-489
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume258
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 1996

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