(1) Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong;(2) Research and Development Center, Enichem America Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, 08852 Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA
Abstract:
We measured the second-order nonlinear optical response of a novel class of tricyanovinylated thiophene compounds using electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation. Very large second-order nonlinearity was observed for these compounds. The results indicate that the combination of the tricyanovinyl acceptor and the thiophene conjugating moiety offers excellent molecular second-order optical nonlinearity.