Design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel class of tunable chromophores for second- and third-order NLO applications

Andre-Jean Attias; Nicolas Leclerc; Qiying Chen; Edward H. Sargent; Guillaume Schull; Fabrice Charra

doi:10.1117/12.563825

15 October 2004 Design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel class of tunable chromophores for second- and third-order NLO applications

Andre-Jean Attias, Nicolas Leclerc, Qiying Chen, Edward H. Sargent, Guillaume Schull, Fabrice Charra

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Proceedings Volume 5516, Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563825
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

We describe a general approach for the synthesis of 6,6'-(disubstituted)-3,3'-bipyridine based chromophores. This combinatorial type strategy is based on (i) the synthesis of a library of conjugated building blocks end-capped with electron donor or acceptor groups, and (ii) their homo- or cross-coupling. The compounds are either dipolar (push-pull molecules) or apolar (symmetric D-A-A-D) molecules. Depending on the building blocks, we are able to tune both the structural and NLO properties of the chromophores. For example, the D-A-A-D structure possesses ultrafast nonresonant nonlinearity around 1550 nm with excellent figures of merit, as well as TPA in the visible and NIR ranges.

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Andre-Jean Attias, Nicolas Leclerc, Qiying Chen, Edward H. Sargent, Guillaume Schull, and Fabrice Charra "Design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel class of tunable chromophores for second- and third-order NLO applications", Proc. SPIE 5516, Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics II, (15 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563825

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