Complex systems static electric fields

Exact static optical susceptibilities are conveniently calculated as successive derivatives on an applied electric field of the gs polarization, defined, in linear aggregates, as the dipole moment per unit length. The linear polarizability (a), the first and second hyperpolarizabilities (jS and y, respectively) obtained for 16-sites clusters are shown as full lines in Fig. 5. Left, middle and right panels refer to A, B and C clusters, respectively, for the parameters that, in Fig. 4 drive the system through the neutral-zwitterionic interface. Susceptibilities show a strong and non-trivial dependence on the intermolecular distance, and, to understand the physical origin of this complex and interesting behavior we shall discuss several approximated results. 

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