Efficient optical nonlinear Langmuir-Blodgett films: roles of matrix molecules

Shihong Ma; Xingze Lu; Liying Liu; Kui Han; Wencheng Wang; Zhi-Ming Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.252935

3 October 1996 Efficient optical nonlinear Langmuir-Blodgett films: roles of matrix molecules

Shihong Ma, Xingze Lu, Liying Liu, Kui Han, Wencheng Wang, Zhi-Ming Zhang

Proceedings Volume 2897, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.252935
Event: Photonics China '96, 1996, Beijing, China

Abstract

A novel bifat-chain amphiphilic molecule nitrogencrown (NC) was adopted as an inert material for fabrication of optical nonlinear Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) multilayers. Structural improvement in the Z-type mixed fullerene derivative (C₆₀-Be)/NC LB multilayers samples was realized by insertion of the C₆₀-Be molecules between two hydrophobic chains of the NC molecules. The relatively large third-order susceptibility (chi) ⁽³)xxxx(- 3(omega) ;(omega) ,(omega) ,(omega) ) equals 2.9 multiplied by 10^-19 M²V^-2 (or 2.1 multiplied by 10^-11 esu) was deduced by measuring third harmonic generation (THG) from the C₆₀-Be samples. The second harmonic generation (SHG) intensity increased quadratically with the bilayer number (up to 116 bilayers) in Y-type hemicyanine (HEM)/NC interleaving LB multilayers due to improvement of the structural properties by insertion of the long hydrophobic tail of HEM molecules between two chains of NC molecules. The second-order susceptibility (chi) ⁽²)zxx(-2(omega) ;(omega) ,(omega) ) equals 18 pM V^-1 (or 4.35 multiplied by 10^-8 esu) was obtained by measuring SHG from the HEM samples. The NC molecule has attractive features as a matrix material in fabrications of LB multilayers made from optically nonlinear materials with hydrophobic long tails or ball-like molecules.

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Shihong Ma, Xingze Lu, Liying Liu, Kui Han, Wencheng Wang, and Zhi-Ming Zhang "Efficient optical nonlinear Langmuir-Blodgett films: roles of matrix molecules", Proc. SPIE 2897, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications, (3 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.252935

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