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Three-wave mixing in chiral liquids
Second-order nonlinear optical frequency conversion in isotropic systems is only dipole allowed for sum- and difference-frequency generation in chiral media. We develop a single-center chiral model of the three-wave mixing (sum:frequency generation) nonlinearity and estimate its magnitude. We also report results from ab initio calculations and from three- and four-wave mixing experiments in support of the theoretical estimates. We show that the second-order susceptibility in chiral liquids is much smaller than previously thought.
@article{ISI:000165247700015, title = {Three-wave mixing in chiral liquids}, journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS}, abstract = {Second-order nonlinear optical frequency conversion in isotropic systems is only dipole allowed for sum- and difference-frequency generation in chiral media. We develop a single-center chiral model of the three-wave mixing (sum:frequency generation) nonlinearity and estimate its magnitude. We also report results from ab initio calculations and from three- and four-wave mixing experiments in support of the theoretical estimates. We show that the second-order susceptibility in chiral liquids is much smaller than previously thought.}, volume = {85}, number = {20}, pages = {4253-4256}, year = {2000}, slug = {isi-000165247700015}, author = {Fischer, Peer and Wiersma, DS and Righini, R and Champagne, B and Buckingham, AD} }
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