Electric-field-induced Second-harmonic Generation EFISHG

EFISHG Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation... 

EFISHG Electric field induced second harmonic generation... 

Hiis polarizability is measured by electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation (EFISHG). Again, local field corrections for the optical fields do not yield the second-order polarizability j8 of the free molecule but rather the solute polarizability /3 which contains a contribution induced by the static... 

The susceptibility x —2w,o),w,0) is determined in the EFISHG experiment [electric-field-induced second harmonic generation see below (Levine and Bethea, 1974, 1975)]. In order to measure the two independent components and x cxz of this susceptibility, the experiment can be performed under two polarization conditions, the incident IR photons being polarized parallel and perpendicular to the externally applied field (Wortmann et al., 1993). For theoretical treatments see also Andrews and Sherborne (1986), Wagniere (1986) and Andrews (1993). A concentration series finally yields the molar polarizabilities (Kleinman symmetry assumed) through (109),... 

Electric-field-induced Second-harmonic Generation (EFISHG)... 

For the experimental determination of the second-order first hyperpolarizability, some sort of non-centrosymmetry has to be present in the solution. This can be achieved by applying a static electric field over a solution of neutral molecules with dipolar chromophores. Implicitly, this description limits the applicability of this Electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation (EFISHG) technique ... 

Ever since HRS has been developed as an experimental technique to determine the first hyperpolarizability p of molecules in solution, it has been realized that multiphoton fluorescence is a competing nonlinear process, contributing to the HRS signal [26]. For the classical dipolar and neutral molecules that may exhibit multiphoton fluorescence, electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation (EFISHG) experiments are possible. However, for ionic and non-dipolar compounds, no electric field can be applied over the solution. Hence, no EFISHG measurements are possible. Then it is very tempting to rely on the HRS measurement only. When there is, however, a multi-photon fluorescence (MPF) contribution, an overestimation of the first hyperpolarizability value results [27]. 

The Electric-Field-Induced Second-Harmonic Generation (EFISHG) technique makes it possible to measure the molecular hyperpolarizability, p, on liquids or molecular solutions. The centrosymmetry of tire solution is broken by applying a DC electric field to induce an average orientation of the molecules due to interactions of the permanent dipoles of the molecules and the electric field. The energy of a dipole with a permanent dipole fi in an electric field E is given by ... 

The static and dynamic linear responses, a(0 0) and a( co co), correspond to the so-called static and dynamic polarizabilities, respectively. At second order in the fields, the responses are named first hyperpolarizabilities whereas second hyperpolarizabilities correspond to the third-order responses. Different phenomena can be distinguished as a function of the combination of optical frequencies. So, p(0 0,0), p(—co co,0), p(0 o), — ea), and p(— 2co co,co) are associated with the static, dc-Pockels (dc-P), optical rectification (OR), and second harmonic generation (SHG) processes whereas y(0 0,0,0), y(- ( ( ,0,0), y( 2co co,( ,0), y( co co, — ca, ), and y(— 3 , , ) describe the static, dc-Kerr, electric-field-induced second harmonic generation (EFISHG), degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM),... 

X H—2(o (0, (0, 0) Electric field induced Second harmonic generation (EFISHG)... 

Many of the different susceptibilities in Equations (2.165)-(2.167) correspond to important experiments in linear and nonlinear optics. x<(>> describes a possible zero-order (permanent) polarization of the medium j(1)(0 0) is the first-order static susceptibility which is related to the permittivity at zero frequency, e(0), while ft> o>) is the linear optical susceptibility related to the refractive index n" at frequency to. Turning to nonlinear effects, the Pockels susceptibility j(2)(- to, 0) and the Kerr susceptibility X(3 —to to, 0,0) describe the change of the refractive index induced by an externally applied static field. The susceptibility j(2)(—2to to, to) describes frequency doubling usually called second harmonic generation (SHG) and j(3)(-2 to, to, 0) describes the influence of an external field on the SHG process which is of great importance for the characterization of second-order NLO properties in solution in electric field second harmonic generation (EFISHG). 

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