Polarizability hyperpolarizability, dynamic second

Table 5. The static and dynamic average polarizability and the second hyperpolarizability of the nitrogen molecule in the aug-cc-pVTZ basis set. The HF, the DFT Potential/Kernel combinations and the CCSD methods were used. Reproduced from [42]...

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),... 

Electron correlation plays a role in electrical response properties and where nondynamical correlation is important for the potential surface, it is likely to be important for electrical properties. It is also the case that correlation tends to be more important for higher-order derivatives. However, a deficient basis can exaggerate the correlation effect. For small, fight molecules that are covalently bonded and near their equilibrium structure, correlation tends to have an effect of 1 5% on the first derivative properties (electrical moments) [92] and around 5 15% on the second derivative properties (polarizabilities) [93 99]. A still greater correlation effect is possible, if not typical, for third derivative properties (hyperpolarizabilities). Ionic bonding can exhibit a sizable correlation effect on hyperpolarizabilities. For instance, the dipole hyperpolarizability p of LiH at equilibrium is about half its size with the neglect of correlation effects [100]. For the many cases in which dynamical correlation is not significant, the nondynamical correlation effect on properties is fairly well determined with MP2. For example, in five small covalent molecules chosen as a test set, the mean deviation of a elements obtained with MP2 from those obtained with a coupled cluster level of treatment was 2% [101]. 

Electric moments, polarizabilities, and hyperpolarizabilities for BH were calculated for the first time [23], as were field and field gradient polarizabilities [24]. Spectroscopic properties were calculated for BH using the coupled electron pair approximation. The potential curve for BH was calculated at 22 points and Rq was found to be 1.23115 A and p to be 1.244 D [21]. The radiative lifetime of the A state of BH was calculated from second-order polarization propagator calculations [25], and the singlet-triplet separation in BH was calculated using ab initio MO methods. The latter, described as the singlet-triplet separation, was found to be 31.9 kcal/mol [26]. Finally, the possible dynamical pathways in the system BH + H+ were probed [27]. 

In the second, response theory, approach, the response of the Hartree-Fock ground state is calculated by perturbation theory. First-order perturbation theory in the fluctuation potential gives a method known as the random phase approximation (REA). The RPA linear response gives the dynamic polarizability, the quadratic response gives the first hyperpolarizability etc. One can obtain expressions for the response functions as sums over states formulae, but they are not calculated as such, rather they are calculated from coupled linear equations. RPA is equivalent to TDCPHF. 

In principle, density functional theory calculations should be able to give answers that are more reliable than Hartree-Fock but at similar cost. Static a and can be calculated by finite field methods or by coupled perturbed Kohn-Sham theory (CPKS) and give answers that are broadly comparable with MP2. In 1986 Sennatore and Subbaswamy did some calculations of the dynamic polarizability and second hyperpolarizability of rare gas atoms, but there have been no calculations of frequency dependent polarizabilities or hyperpolarizabilities of molecules until very recently. 

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