Light-induced second-harmonic generation in an octupolar dye

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Fiorini, C [1 ]
Charra, F [1 ]
Nunzi, JM [1 ]
Samuel, IDW [1 ]
Zyss, J [1 ]
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[1] FRANCE TELECOM, CTR NATL ETUD TELECOMMUN, CTR PARIS B, BAGNEUX LAB, F-92220 BAGNEUX, FRANCE
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10.1364/OL.20.002469
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Quasi-permanent light-induced second-order susceptibility chi((2)) of octupolar molecules is demonstrated. The octupolar molecule Ethyl Violet was oriented in a solgel matrix by a purely optical poling technique. The method consists of a seeding process based on a nonclassical holographic process with coherent two-frequency mixing. The growth of the induced chi((2)) is monitored in real time by frequency doubling of the fundamental The polarization dependence of the signal is used to demonstrate the octupolar symmetry of the induced chi((2)). (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
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