Isoindole and isomeric heterocyclic donating substituents in ruthenium(II)nitrosyl complexes with large first hyperpolarizabilities and potential two-photon absorption capabilities: a computational approach

Bukhanko, Valerii; Malfant, Isabelle; Voitenko, Zoia; Lacroix, Pascal G.

doi:10.17721/fujcv5i1p8-23

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“…However, most of these investigations are purely computational and report predictions of these properties obtained by means of quantum simulations. , One of the few experimental works performed to measure two-photon absorption as well as second hyperpolarizability (γ) by four-wave mixing spectroscopy deals with only one investigated organic dye . Only more recently, several research works have reported both two-photon absorption and first hyperpolarizability (β) obtained either computationally , or by a joint computational and experimental effort , in a series of organic systems. It is noteworthy that in all of these studies, the molecular dye exhibiting the largest two-photon absorption of the series never matched the one exhibiting the largest hyperpolarizability.…”

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Uncovering Structure–Property Relationships in Push–Pull Chromophores: A Promising Route to Large Hyperpolarizability and Two-Photon Absorption

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In this investigation, we report the first hyperpolarizabilities and two-photon absorption cross sections of a large series of 12 push–pull cationic chromophores. All of these dyes show a dipolar acceptor+–π–donor structure, where the nature of the donor and acceptor units and π-bridge was synthetically tuned to allow insightful comparisons among the molecules. The hyperpolarizability was obtained through a solvatochromic method, by exploiting the rare negative solvatochromism exhibited by the investigated compounds. The two-photon absorption cross sections were determined through two-photon excited fluorescence measurements by means of a tunable nanosecond laser system for sample excitation. The nonlinear optical properties were discussed relatively to the photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer occurring in these donor–acceptor systems, investigated by femtosecond transient absorption experiments. We found a strong increase in hyperpolarizability upon increasing the molecular conjugation. Unexpectedly, the hyperpolarizability is almost unaffected by an increase in donor/acceptor strength and intramolecular charge transfer degree. Differently, the two-photon absorption cross sections of these dyes are enhanced by an increase in both molecular conjugation and intramolecular charge transfer efficiency. Several recent literature works have reported at the same time scattered information about the hyperpolarizability and two-photon absorption of small organic molecules. Our investigation is, to the best of our knowledge, the first attempt to uncover detailed structure–property relationships for these two nonlinear optical properties. Our results represent a promising route to achieve large hyperpolarizability and two-photon absorption in push–pull dyes and may drive the design of new efficient nonlinear optical materials.

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