The Design of Organic Molecules and Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications

Explore the design principles for organic molecules and materials with enhanced nonlinear optical properties in this 39-minute Mid-Career Researcher Award Talk by Dr. Seth R. Marder from Georgia Institute of Technology. Delve into the fundamental relationships between chemical structure and optical and electronic properties of organic molecules. Discover design guidelines for molecules with large two-photon absorption cross-sections and materials with significant third-order susceptibilities for all-optical switching applications. Learn about the quadratic scaling of two-photon absorption rates and its applications in fluorescence microscopy and three-dimensional optical data storage. Examine strategies for designing molecules with enhanced two-photon absorption cross-sections, focusing on symmetric charge transfer concepts. Gain insights into the synthesis and characterization of materials with large third-order nonlinear susceptibility.