Design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel class of tunable chromophores for 2nd and 3rd order NLO applications

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

doi:10.1117/12.563825

Design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel class of tunable chromophores for 2^nd and 3^rd order NLO applications

André Jean Attias^*, Nicolas Leclerc, Qiying Chen, Edward H. Sargent, Guillaume Schull, Fabrice Charra

^*Corresponding author for this work

Chemistry

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	05
Pages (from-to)	36-46
Number of pages	11
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5516
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563825
State	Published - 2004
Event	Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics II - Denver, CO, United States Duration: Aug 5 2004 → Aug 6 2004

Keywords

3,3'-bipyridine
Kerr effect
Liquid crystal
Nonlinear optic chromophores
Nonlinear refractive index
Push-pull
Suzuki coupling
TPA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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