SIZE DEPENDENCE OF χ(3) IN NONLOCAL OPTICAL MEDIA: FRENKEL EXCITONS IN A PERIODIC CHAIN
- 7 April 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials
- Vol. 01 (02) , 287-309
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218199192000157
Abstract
For the discussion of the size dependence of the third-order nonlinear susceptibility χ(3) for confined electronic systems, the result of numerical study is given for an exactly soluble model of noninteracting Frenkel excitons in a periodic chain. The case of pump-probe type nonlinear effect is explicitly treated in the long-wavelength approximation, and Im [χ(3)] is evaluated as a function of chain size N, transfer energy b, and damping constants. For a given value of b(N), there is an enhancement of χ(3) with increasing value of N(b), followed by a saturation behavior. The range of the enhancement is determined by the damping constants. This provides a consistent view of the size and transfer dependence of χ(3), its saturation behavior, and the previously discussed cancellation problem.Keywords
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