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The Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polyacetylene within the Intermediate Exciton Formalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

David Yaron  and
Robert Silbey
David Yaron
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139
Robert Silbey
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA 02139
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Abstract

Within the Singles-CI approximation, the perturbation theory expression for γ (the non-resonant third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility) contains a class of terms which correspond to (i) the creation of an s-type exciton (ii) a transition to a p-type exciton, and (iii) a return to the ground state through an s-type exciton. The contribution of these terms to γ is considered in the limit of an infinite chain of polyacetylene. The infinite chain limit is obtained by considering a ring of polyacetylene and allowing the ring size to go to infinity. The limit is approached using three methods, each of which reveals a different characteristic length of the system. The form of the excitons is found to be independent of ring size for rings which are larger than the size of the exciton.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 247: Symposium N – Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials , 1992 , 163
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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