Photoinduced Modifications of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Liquid Crystalline Azopolymers

• Main Author: Alicante, Raquel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which wi...