Nonlinear optical response from excitons in C60, C70, and higher fullerenes

被引:6
作者
Harigaya, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Electrotech Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
关键词
nonlinear optical response; excitons; higher fullerenes;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-2313(97)00262-7
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Nonlinear optical properties in the fullerene C-60 and the extracted higher fullerenes - C-70, C-76, C-78 and C-84 - are theoretically investigated. Magnitudes of off-resonant third-order susceptibility are calculated by the exciton formalism and the sum-over-states method. We find that optical nonlinearities of higher fullerenes are a few Limes larger than those of C-60. The magnitudes of nonlinearity tend to increase as the optical gap decreases in higher fullerenes. Relations with experiments are discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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