Resolution of the nuclear and electronic contributions to the optical nonlinearity in polysilanes

Abstract
We present a method of resolving the nuclear and electronic contributions to the third‐order susceptibility χ3 in a phase conjugation experiment. The technique is applied to octylmethylpolysilane yielding χ3 (electronic)=(1.8±0.5)×1012 esu and χ3(nuclear)=(1.1±0.4)×1012 esu at 532 nm.

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