Nonlinear Optics of Organic and Polymer Materials

MAY 01, 1994

Exotic multiexciton strings, electron correlation effects and custom‐designed nonlinear optical molecules are some of the developments resulting from initial efforts toward active control of light‐matter interactions in nonlinear organic systems. The potential applications are equally diverse and exciting.

DOI: 10.1063/1.881433

Anthony Garito

Rui Fang Shi

Marvin Wu

Over the past decade the study of nonlinear optical processes in organic and polymer systems has enjoyed rapid and sustained growth. One indication of that growth is the increase in the number of articles published inrefereed society journals. The four‐year period 1980–83 saw the publication of 124 such articles. For the four‐year period a decade later the production of articles in the field had grown to 736—nearly a sixfold increase. In part, the rapid growth of the field can be attributed to the technological promise and interesting physical properties of these materials. Because of their large optical nonlinearities and mechanical, chemical, thermal and optical stability, organic nonlinear optical materials are the leading practical materials for fabricating optoelectronic devices. They also have proven to be excellent subjects in which to study many‐body electron correlation effects and exotic states like polarons, excitons and even coherently propagating multiexciton strings.

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More about the Authors

Anthony Garito. University of Pennsylvania.

Rui Fang Shi. University of Pennsylvania.

Marvin Wu. University of Pennsylvania.