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Coordination compounds for functional nonlinear optics: Enhancing and switching the second-order nonlinear optical responses

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Asselberghs, I; Therien, MJ; Coe, BJ; Mccleverty, JA; Clays, K
Published in: ACS Symposium Series
January 1, 2006

In this work, we describe the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of a number of chromophores that feature transition metal ions in classic coordination environments. We focused our attention on the advantages of diese species over standard hyperpolarizable chromophores based on conventional all-organic frameworks. For example, studies of Ruthenium(II)-based electron donor-acceptor (D-A) polyenes illustrate that transition metal-based compounds can show atypical conjugation-length dependences of the observed hyperpolarizability relative to closely related organic NLO chromophores. Likewise, the second-order NLO responses observed for highly conjugated (polypyridyl)metal(phorphinato)zinc(II) chromophores can be extraordinarily large, illustrating how coupled oscillator photophysics can be exploited to design materials with record hyperpolarizabilities at telecommunication-relevant wavelengths. Finally, our work demonstrates that the presence of a transition metal ion in NLO chromophores makes possible new strategies to switch and gate NLO responses voltammetrically. © 2006 American Chemical Society.

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January 1, 2006

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928

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Asselberghs, I., Therien, M. J., Coe, B. J., Mccleverty, J. A., & Clays, K. (2006). Coordination compounds for functional nonlinear optics: Enhancing and switching the second-order nonlinear optical responses. ACS Symposium Series, 928, 527–540. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2006-0928.ch037
Asselberghs, I., M. J. Therien, B. J. Coe, J. A. Mccleverty, and K. Clays. “Coordination compounds for functional nonlinear optics: Enhancing and switching the second-order nonlinear optical responses.” ACS Symposium Series 928 (January 1, 2006): 527–40. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2006-0928.ch037.
Asselberghs I, Therien MJ, Coe BJ, Mccleverty JA, Clays K. Coordination compounds for functional nonlinear optics: Enhancing and switching the second-order nonlinear optical responses. ACS Symposium Series. 2006 Jan 1;928:527–40.
Asselberghs, I., et al. “Coordination compounds for functional nonlinear optics: Enhancing and switching the second-order nonlinear optical responses.” ACS Symposium Series, vol. 928, Jan. 2006, pp. 527–40. Scopus, doi:10.1021/bk-2006-0928.ch037.
Asselberghs I, Therien MJ, Coe BJ, Mccleverty JA, Clays K. Coordination compounds for functional nonlinear optics: Enhancing and switching the second-order nonlinear optical responses. ACS Symposium Series. 2006 Jan 1;928:527–540.

Published In

ACS Symposium Series

DOI

ISSN

0097-6156

Publication Date

January 1, 2006

Volume

928

Start / End Page

527 / 540