Measurements of hyperpolarizabilities for some halogenated methanes

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Abstract
Dc Electric‐field induced optical second‐harmonic generation has been measured for CH4, CH3F, CH2F2, CHF3, CF4, CClF3, and CBrF3. For CH4 and CF4 the third order hyperpolarizability χ(−2ω; 0,ω,ω) is obtained directly. For the other (dipolar) molecules, a bond additivity estimate for χ(−2ω; 0,ω,ω) is used to extract the second order hyperpolarizability χ(−2ω;ω,ω).Results are compared with various data from the literature: calculated hyperpolarizabilities, and measurements of optical harmonic generation, optical mixing and the Kerr effect. The degree of consistency of the experimental data with a bond additivity model is discussed