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23 July 1993 Quantum confinement and nonlinear optical response of conjugated molecules
Hong Xiang Wang, Akira Takahashi, M. Hartmann, Shaul Mukamel
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Proceedings Volume 1852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Advanced Materials; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148452
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Abstract
The nonlinear optical response (NLO) of linear polyenes and fullerenes is studied using an anharmonic oscillator model. The influence of size effects and quantum exciton confinement on the nonlinear optical response is examined, and the time evolution of the excitons is studied. The elementary optical excitations for C60 are shown to be correlated charge density fluctuations. For linear polyenes with finite size, oscillations in the time-resolved degenerated four wave mixing (D4WM) signal due to the coherent excitation of several band states are found within the Huckel model (no Coulomb interaction). For infinite size a photon echo like behavior is obtained. The exciton-exciton interaction changes the lineshape of the D4WM signal and gives rise to a broad delayed signal whose position is given by the dephasing time of the system.
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Hong Xiang Wang, Akira Takahashi, M. Hartmann, and Shaul Mukamel "Quantum confinement and nonlinear optical response of conjugated molecules", Proc. SPIE 1852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Advanced Materials, (23 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148452
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KEYWORDS
Excitons

Electrons

Molecules

Absorption

Nonlinear optics

Polarizability

Polarization

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