Abstract
We report large third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of new tetrathiafulvalene derivatives, using the degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) method. To understand the physical nature of the optical nonlinearities, we separate their electronic and nuclear contributions. The electronic contribution to the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of the molecules turns out to be dominant. From DFWM measurements we also deduce the values of the second-order hyperpolarizabilities , which are greater than the value of
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