Structure and Property Relationships for Second-Order and Third-Order Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials

9408701 Marder这项更新奖是在先进材料和加工计划中获得的，以支持Seth Marder博士和Joseph Perry博士的研究。化学和材料研究部提供支持。该研究的目标是了解影响二阶和三阶非线性的因素，评估有机分子和聚合物可以实现的超极化系数的基本限制，并制定合成策略，使分子的非线性响应得到优化。综合程序的合成，结构，线性和非线性光学表征和理论研究将进行。具有非线性光学性质的材料是数据和图像光学处理和存储的关键。这项研究将使分子和光学材料的非线性光学性能比现有的材料有很大的提高。

9408701 Marder This renewal award is made in the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in support of the research of Dr. Seth Marder and Dr. Joseph Perry. Support is provided by the Divisions of Chemistry and Materials Research. The goals of the research are to develop an understanding of the factors affecting both second- and third-order nonlinearities, assess the fundamental limits for the hyperpolarizability coefficients that can be achieved with organic molecules and polymers, and to develop synthetic strategies that will lead to molecules where nonlinear response is optimized. An integrated program of synthesis, structural, linear and nonlinear optical characterization, and theoretical studies will be carried out. Materials with nonlinear optical properties are key to optical processing and storage of data and images. This research will result in molecules and optical materials with greatly enhanced nonlinear optical properties compared to those currently available.