The class of molecules with mobile parts: Catenanes and rotaxanes for nonlinear optical applications

Author

Czaplicki, Robert ; Essaidi, Zacaria ; Rau, Ileana ; Meghea, Aurelia ; Kajzar, Francois ; Berna-Canovas, Jose ; Leigh, David A. ; Sahraoui, Bouchta

Author_Institution

Angers Univ., Angers

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Catenanes and rotaxanes are a new class of functional organic molecules compose from mobile parts and designed for use in various types of practical applications. They can exhibit interesting third order nonlinear optical properties. In this paper we will present and discuss study of the rotational contributions to the cubic susceptibility as observed by polarization dependent degenerate four wave mixing experiments on solutions of selected catenanes and rotaxanes.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical materials; organic compounds; catenanes; cubic susceptibility; four wave mixing experiments; functional organic molecules; nonlinear optical applications; rotaxanes; Absorption; Four-wave mixing; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Yarn; catenanes; degenerate four wave mixing; rotaxanes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ICTON Mediterranean Winter Conference, 2007. ICTON-MW 2007

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1639-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1639-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTONMW.2007.4446919

Filename

4446919