Chiral Nonlinear Optic Effect in a Bent-Core Molecular System

Author: ARAOKA FUMITO   TAKEZOE HIDEO  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0015-0193

Source: Ferroelectrics, Vol.310, Iss.1, 2004-08, pp. : 3-9

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Abstract

We have studied chiral nonlinear optic (NLO) effect in a bent-core molecular system. Particular attention has been paid to the second-order NLO process involving the magnetic dipole transition process. As one of the examples, second-harmonic generation circular difference (SHG-CD) is observed in two chiral domains in the B4 phase of a mixture of P-8-OPIMB/P-8-OPIMB6∗. The signs of SHG-CD are different and the absolute values are the same in the two domains.

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