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dc.contributor.advisorPeyghambarian, Nasseren_US
dc.contributor.authorSandalphon
dc.creatorSandalphonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-09T09:03:05Z
dc.date.available2013-05-09T09:03:05Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/288730
dc.description.abstractThe recent discovery of photorefractive polymer composites with near 100% four-wave-mixing diffraction efficiency and high net optical gain by the author and coworkers at the University of Arizona has forwarded the advances of using organic materials to fabricate nonlinear optical devices. Nonlinear optical chromophores provide the optical properties for these new materials. Since there are thousands of molecules that are potential candidates to yield high performance nonlinear optical materials, a technique to quickly characterize the optical properties of these molecules is clearly needed. We have developed a frequency-dependent ellipsometric technique that simultaneously determines the first-order (anisotropic polarizability), second-order (first-hyperpolarizability), and third-order (second-hyperpolarizability) optical molecular coefficients of the chromophore. In this dissertation we will discuss the physics of these high performance nonlinear optical organic materials, and the characterization of their unique properties, leading to the development of our frequency-dependent ellipsometric technique. The technique itself will be discussed in detail, with an analysis of the molecules that are best suited for this type of measurement scheme, and a discussion of the limitations of this technique. Experimental data will be presented for a typical high performance nonlinear optical chromophore 4-(4'-nitrophenylazo)-1,3-di((3''- or 4''-vinyl)benzyloxy)benzene (NPADVBB).
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectPhysics, Molecular.en_US
dc.subjectPhysics, Condensed Matter.en_US
dc.subjectPhysics, Optics.en_US
dc.titleA novel technique for simultaneously determining the first-, second-, and third-order optical molecular coefficients for nonlinear optical chromophoresen_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.identifier.proquest9806836en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineOptical Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
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dc.identifier.bibrecord.b37557129en_US
dc.description.admin-noteOriginal file replaced with corrected file October 2023.
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-18T13:36:57Z
html.description.abstractThe recent discovery of photorefractive polymer composites with near 100% four-wave-mixing diffraction efficiency and high net optical gain by the author and coworkers at the University of Arizona has forwarded the advances of using organic materials to fabricate nonlinear optical devices. Nonlinear optical chromophores provide the optical properties for these new materials. Since there are thousands of molecules that are potential candidates to yield high performance nonlinear optical materials, a technique to quickly characterize the optical properties of these molecules is clearly needed. We have developed a frequency-dependent ellipsometric technique that simultaneously determines the first-order (anisotropic polarizability), second-order (first-hyperpolarizability), and third-order (second-hyperpolarizability) optical molecular coefficients of the chromophore. In this dissertation we will discuss the physics of these high performance nonlinear optical organic materials, and the characterization of their unique properties, leading to the development of our frequency-dependent ellipsometric technique. The technique itself will be discussed in detail, with an analysis of the molecules that are best suited for this type of measurement scheme, and a discussion of the limitations of this technique. Experimental data will be presented for a typical high performance nonlinear optical chromophore 4-(4'-nitrophenylazo)-1,3-di((3''- or 4''-vinyl)benzyloxy)benzene (NPADVBB).


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