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Provides an overview of the theoretical aspects of nonlinear optical materials design. Examines the quantum mechanical theory of nonlinear optical phenomena. Discusses first principles and both semi-empirical and model Hamiltonian calculations of linear optical properties. Examines theoretical modelling of organic and polymeric nonlinear optical materials.

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Author:   Shashi P. Karna ,  Alan T. Yeates
Publisher:   American Chemical Society
Imprint:   American Chemical Society
Volume:   628
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.486kg
ISBN:  

9780841234017

ISBN 10:   0841234019
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 January 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Nonlinear Optical Materials: Theory and Modeling ; Can Quantum Chemistry Provide Reliable Molecular Hyperpolarizabilities? ; Calculation of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers ; Sum-Over-State Representation of Nonlinear Response Properties in Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Theory: The Role of State Truncation ; Early Theoretical Studies of Third-Order Nonlinear Electric Susceptibilities ; Effect of Higher Excited Configurations on the Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Molecules ; Frequency-Dependent Polarizabilities and Hyperpolarizabilities of Polyenes ; Optical Properties from Density-Functional Theory ; A Combined Hartree-Fock and Local-Density-Functional Method To Calculate Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Molecules ; Theory of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Quasi-1D Periodic Polymers ; Model Hamiltonians for Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers ; Semiempirical Quantum Cell Models for the Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of Conjugated Polymers ; Multiphoton Resonant Nonlinear Optical Processes in Organic Molecules

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