화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.102, No.31, 5963-5968, 1998
Effect of high pressure on the second harmonic generation efficiencies of three monoclinic organic compounds
The effect of pressure to similar to 90 kbar has been measured on the second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency for the monoclinic crystals 4-aminobenzophenone (ABP), 4-Br-4'-methoxychalcone (BMC), and 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (MNA). In ABP and BMC the SHG efficiency increases by 2-3 orders of magnitude with some dependence on orientation. The results can be explained qualitatively in terms of a decrease in Delta k, the mismatch between the coupled fields, i.e., by pressure tuning of Delta k. Powdered samples give much smaller increases in SHG efficiency but a clearer indication of first-order phase transitions, probably between point groups of the monoclinic structure. MNA crystal exhibits a very sharp increase in SHG efficiency by a factor similar to 20 at pressures below 10 kbar. At pressures above similar to 30 kbar self-absorption by the sample becomes dominant.