Synthesis and characterisation of an octupolar polymer and new molecular octupoles with off-resonant third order optical nonlinearities

Abstract

The first synthesis and Z-scan measurements of an octupolar polymer with off-resonant third order nonlinear optical properties are discussed; two other new molecular thiophene-based octupoles with similar nonlinearities are also reported.

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