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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Polyynes represent a unique class of conjugated organic compounds. The third-order nonlinear optical response of polyynes has been extensively modeled theoretically, and it is generally believed that the increase in molecular second hyperpolarizability (gamma) as a function of length for polyynes should be lower than that for polyenes. Experimental evidence to test this prediction, however, has been absent. We have synthesized conjugated polyynes that contain up to 20 consecutive sp-hybridized carbons, and we have determined their nonresonant gamma-values as a function of the number of acetylene repeat units (n). These gamma-values demonstrate a power-law behavior versus n(gamma approximately n(4.28+/-0.13)), with an exponent that is both larger than theoretically predicted for polyynes and substantially higher than that observed for polyenes or polyenynes. Furthermore, no saturation of the linear or nonlinear optical properties is observed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9606
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6807-10
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The surprising nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polyyne oligomers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article