Molecules and Their Various Nonlinear Optical Properties
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 314
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micro-/nano-machining of optical components in polymers, crystals, and silicon; semiconductor nonlinear optics: optical frequency conversion techniques; nonlinear optics: optical limiting, 3rd order and 2nd order nonlinearities, degenerate four wave mixing, z-scan, SHG, and electric field induced SHG
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Novel molecules with superior second- and third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) coefficients are needed for photonics devices, telecommunications, bio-imaging, terahertz generation, and optical limiting applications. For example, the real part of χ(3) is related to optical signal processing and switching applications. In contrast, the imaginary part of χ(3) finds applications in limiting and imaging. This Special Issue covers the latest developments in (i) the design/theoretical calculations of excellent NLO coefficients (both second order and third order) in novel molecules, (ii) strategies for molecular engineering, (iii) measurements of the second-order and third-order NLO properties, (iv) optimization of the properties at the molecular level, (v) molecular crystals, (vi) the preparation of optical devices from molecules, (vii) multi-photon absorption (2PA, 3PA, 4PA) studies, etc. Articles from other related areas of research are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Soma Venugopal Rao
Dr. Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic molecules
- second-order NLO
- third-order NLO
- Z-scan
- EFISHG
- films
- femtosecond
- nanosecond
- 2PA
- 3PA
- terahertz
- molecular crystals
