The state of the art concerning the design of octupoles, a new familly of NLO active molecules is presented here. 2D and 3D based architectures with higher symmetries lead to high efficiencies for SHG.
Zyss J., Nonlinear Optical properties of Organic Molecules and Crystals (1987)
Blanchard-Desce M., Alain V., Bedworth P. V., Marder S. R., Fort A., Runser C., Barzoukas M., Lebus S., Wortmann R., Large Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities with Donor–Acceptor Polyenes Exhibiting Optimum Bond Length Alternation: Correlation Between Structure and Hyperpolarizability, 10.1002/chem.19970030717
Ledoux I., Zyss J., Siegel J.S., Brienne J., Lehn J.-M., Second-harmonic generation from non-dipolar non-centrosymmetric aromatic charge-transfer molecules, 10.1016/0009-2614(90)80135-z
Voigt-Martin Ingrid G., Li Gao, Yakimanski A., Schulz Gabriela, Wolff J. Jens, The Origin of Nonlinear Optical Activity of 1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene in the Solid State: The Crystal Structure of a Non-Centrosymmetric Polymorph as Determined by Electron Diffraction, 10.1021/ja9611708
Joffre Manuel, Yaron David, Silbey Robert J., Zyss Joseph, Second order optical nonlinearity in octupolar aromatic systems, 10.1063/1.463768
Thalladi Venkat R., Brasselet Sophie, Weiss Hans-Christoph, Bläser Dieter, Katz Amy K., Carrell H. L., Boese Roland, Zyss Joseph, Nangia Ashwini, Desiraju Gautam R., Crystal Engineering of Some 2,4,6-Triaryloxy-1,3,5-triazines: Octupolar Nonlinear Materials, 10.1021/ja972830r
Terhune R. W., Maker P. D., Savage C. M., Measurements of Nonlinear Light Scattering, 10.1103/physrevlett.14.681
Maker P. D., Spectral Broadening of Elastic Second-Harmonic Light Scattering in Liquids, 10.1103/physreva.1.923
Morrison I. D., Denning R. G., Laidlaw W. M., Stammers M. A., Measurement of first hyperpolarizabilities by hyper‐Rayleigh scattering, 10.1063/1.1146871
Zyss Joseph, Ledoux Isabelle, Nonlinear optics in multipolar media: theory and experiments, 10.1021/cr00025a003
Verbiest T., Clays K., Samyn C., Wolff J., Reinhoudt D., Persoons A., Investigations of the Hyperpolarizability in Organic Molecules from Dipolar to Octopolar Systems, 10.1021/ja00099a058
Ray Paresh Chandra, Das Puspendu Kumar, First-order hyperpolarizabilities of octupolar aromatic molecules: symmetrically substituted triazines, 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00913-o
Stadler S., Feiner F., Bräuchle Ch., Brandl S., Gompper R., Determination of the first hyperpolarizability of four octupolar molecules and their dipolar subunits via hyper-Rayleigh scattering in solution, 10.1016/0009-2614(95)01005-t
Whittall Ian R., Humphrey Mark G., Houbrechts Stephan, Maes Joachim, Persoons André, Schmid Siegbert, Hockless David C.R., Organometallic complexes for nonlinear optics. 14. Syntheses and second-order nonlinear optical properties of ruthenium, nickel and gold σ-acetylides of 1,3,5-triethynylbenzene: X-ray crystal structures of 1-(HC≡C)-3,5-C6H3(trans-C≡CRuCl(dppm)2)2 and 1,3,5-C6H3(C≡CAu(PPh3))3, 10.1016/s0022-328x(97)00320-3
Sastre A., Torres T., Díaz-García M. A., Agulló-López F., Dhenaut C., Brasselet S., Ledoux I., Zyss J., Subphthalocyanines: Novel Targets for Remarkable Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities, 10.1021/ja9533050
Zyss Joseph, Van Thai Chau, Dhenaut Christophe, Ledoux Isabelle, Harmonic rayleigh scattering from nonlinear octupolar molecular media: the case of crystal violet, 10.1016/0301-0104(93)80196-g
Verbiest T., Meyers F., Brédas J. L., Clays K., Persoons A., Determination of the hyperpolarizability of an octopolar molecular ion by hyper-Rayleigh scattering, 10.1364/ol.18.000525
Luo Yi, Cesar Amary, Ågren Hans, The hyperpolarizability of the tricyanomethanide molecular ion in solution, 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00167-4
Blanchard-Desce Mireille, Baudin Jean-Bernard, Ruel Odile, Jullien Ludovic, Brasselet Sophie, Zyss Joseph, New non-dipolar structures with significant quadratic hyperpoiarizabilites, 10.1016/s0925-3467(97)00119-5
Dhenaut Christophe, Ledoux Isabella, Samuel Ifor D. W., Zyss Joseph, Bourgault Manuel, Bozec Hubert Le, Chiral metal complexes with large octupolar optical nonlinearities, 10.1038/374339a0
Lequan Minh, Branger Catherine, Simon Jacques, Thami Thierry, Chauchard Eve, Persoons Andr�, First hyperpolarizability of organotin compounds withTd symmetry, 10.1002/adma.19940061110
Riant Olivier, Samuel Odile, Kagan Henri B., A general asymmetric synthesis of ferrocenes with planar chirality, 10.1021/ja00066a066
Riant Olivier, Samuel Odile, Flessner Timo, Taudien Stephan, Kagan Henri B., An Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of 2-Substituted Ferrocenecarboxaldehydes, 10.1021/jo970075u
Nunzi Jean-Michel, Charra Fabrice, Fiorini Céline, Zyss Joseph, Transient optically induced non-centrosymmetry in a solution of octupolar molecules, 10.1016/0009-2614(94)00099-9
Fiorini Céline, Samuel Ifor D. W., Zyss Joseph, Charra Fabrice, Nunzi Jean-Michel, Light-induced second-harmonic generation in an octupolar dye, 10.1364/ol.20.002469
Bibliographic reference
Bluet, Guillaume ; Brasselet, Sophie ; Druzé, Nadine ; Ledoux, Isabelle ; Lefloch, Fabrice ; et. al. Design and Synthesis of New Octupolar Molecules for Second-Harmonic Generation. In: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol. 322, no. 1, p. 35-42 (1998)