Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which will serve as a starting point for the investigation at the macroscopic scale of azobenzene-based liquid crystalline polymeric films and their blends with highly efficient NLO
chromophores. These materials are designed with the aim of exploiting their photoadressability in order to tailor their nonlinear behaviour. The magnitude and symmetry of their NL response was successfully controlled via light irradiation and thermal treatments. Moreover, as a specific application, the recording of efficient NLO gratings was achieved.
| ISBN: | 9783642430077 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2014 |
| Author: | Raquel Alicante |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 200 pages |
| Series: | Springer Theses |
| Genres: |
Laser physics Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials Materials science |
Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which will serve as a starting point for the investigation at the macroscopic scale of azobenzene-based liquid crystalline polymeric films and their blends with highly efficient NLO
chromophores. These materials are designed with the aim of exploiting their photoadressability in order to tailor their nonlinear behaviour. The magnitude and symmetry of their NL response was successfully controlled via light irradiation and thermal treatments. Moreover, as a specific application, the recording of efficient NLO gratings was achieved.
Photoinduced Modifications of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Liquid Crystalline Azopolymers features in the following genres: Laser physics, Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics), Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials, Materials science
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Photoinduced Modifications of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Liquid Crystalline Azopolymers was written by Raquel Alicante and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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