Influence of metal electronic and ligand properties on the second-order nonlinear optical response of organometallic complexes by hyper-Rayleigh scattering

Author

Gaudry, J.-B. ; Langot, P. ; Freysz, E. ; Capes, L. ; Letard, J.-F. ; Kahn, O.

Author_Institution

Centre de Phys. Moleculaire Optique et Hertzienne, Bordeaux I Univ., Talence, France

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

46

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report the first hyperpolarizability /spl beta/ of two homologous series of [M(PM-BiA)/sub 2/(NCS)/sub 2/] and [M(PM-2PEA)/sub 2/(NCS)/sub 2/] (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn) transition metal complexes. We studied the influence of the metal electronic configuration in octahedral geometry upon the second-order nonlinear response (NLO) on passing from closed-shell to open-shell electronic structures. The hyperpolarizability /spl beta/ of these molecules was determined in solution by means of the hyper-Rayleigh scattering technique using a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser working at 1.06 /spl mu/m. It is important to notice that all these complexes do not fluoresce at 0.532 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

Rayleigh scattering; nonlinear optics; organometallic compounds; polarisability; transition metal compounds; hyper-Rayleigh scattering; hyperpolarizability; ligand properties; metal electronic configuration; second-order nonlinear optical response; transition metal organometallic complex; Iron; Large Hadron Collider; Nonlinear optics; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Organic materials; Petroleum; Tunable circuits and devices; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.906707

Filename

906707