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Intrinsic Hyperpolarizabilities as a Figure of Merit for Electro-optic Molecules

Chemical Physics 2008-07-09 v1 Optics

Abstract

We propose the scale-invariant intrinsic hyperpolarizability as a measure of the figure of merit for electrooptic molecules. By applying our analysis to the best second-order nonlinear-optical molecules that are made using the present paradigms, we conclude that it should be possible to make dye-doped polymers with electrooptic coefficients of several thousand picometers per volt.

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@article{arxiv.0807.0886,
  title  = {Intrinsic Hyperpolarizabilities as a Figure of Merit for Electro-optic Molecules},
  author = {Juefei Zhou and Mark G. Kuzyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0886},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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