ESSENTIAL-STATES MECHANISM OF OPTICAL NONLINEARITY IN PI-CONJUGATED POLYMERS

被引:178
作者
DIXIT, SN [1 ]
GUO, DD [1 ]
MAZUMDAR, S [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT PHYS,TUCSON,AZ 85721
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 43卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.43.6781
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We present a microscopic mechanism of optical nonlinearity in conjugated polymers. It is shown that the bulk of the nonlinearity is determined by only two well-defined channels, even though an infinite number of channels are possible in principle. We are able to explain the complete frequency dependence of the third-harmonic generation in both trans-polyacetylene and polydiacetylene within the same model without invoking weak Coulomb interactions between electrons or interchain interactions.
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页码:6781 / 6784
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