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View SchemaA new chiral electro-optic effect: Sum-frequency generation from optically active liquids in the presence of a dc electric field
| Authors | P. Fischer, K. Beckwitt, A. D. Buckingham, D. S. Wiersma, F. W. Wise |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0306172 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0306172 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.173901 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 173901 (2003). |
Abstract
We report the observation of sum-frequency signals that depend linearly on an applied electrostatic field and that change sign with the handedness of an optically active solution. This recently predicted chiral electro-optic effect exists in the electric-dipole approximation. The static electric field gives rise to an electric-field-induced sum-frequency signal (an achiral third-order process) that interferes with the chirality-specific sum-frequency at second-order. The cross-terms linear in the electrostatic field constitute the effect and may be used to determine the absolute sign of second- and third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities in isotropic media.
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