Hyper-Rayleigh scattering from gases and liquids

Author

Shelton, David P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

261

Abstract

Hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) or second harmonic light scattering has become an important method for measuring first hyperpolarizabilities β of organic chromophores. HRS is more flexible and simpler than electric field induced second harmonic generation, which is the principal alternative method for determining β. The motivation for the present work is threefold: (1) to develop reference standards for HRS measurements (2) to test ab initio calculations of hyperpolarizabilities, and (3) to understand the effects of intermolecular interactions on nonlinear optical properties and measurements

Keywords

Rayleigh scattering; ab initio calculations; measurement standards; nonlinear optical susceptibility; polarisability; stimulated scattering; ab initio calculations; chloroform; first hyperpolarizabilities; gases; hyper-Rayleigh scattering; intermolecular interaction effects; liquids; nonlinear optical properties; organic chromophores; reference standards; second harmonic light scattering; Electric variables measurement; Gases; Light scattering; Measurement standards; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical scattering; Phase measurement; Pollution measurement; Tensile stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.739559

Filename

739559