Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1650728 | Materials Letters | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This letter reports a new class of nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores, of which 2-dicyanomethylen-3-cyano-4-{2-[2-(4-(N,N-di(2-hydroxyethyl)-amino)phenylazo)-thien-5]-E-vinyl}-5,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydrofuran (2a) is the prototype with high thermal stability and large optical nonlinearity. Chromophore 2a was synthesized based on the azothiophene conjugated spacer and TCF electron-withdrawing acceptor, and characterized by IR, UV–Vis, MS and NMR spectra. A high decomposition temperature of 244 °C was determined by TGA measurement, and a first hyperpolarizability (zero-frequency hyperpolarizability, β0) as large as 800 × 10− 30 esu was estimated by HRS technology.
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Authors
Jumin Hao, Mei-Juan Han, Kunpeng Guo, Yuxia Zhao, Ling Qiu, Yuquan Shen, Xiaoguang Meng,