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Carbon tetrachloride – Optical properties; Matter — Properties; Nonlinear optics
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Second Hyperpolarizability Of Carbon Tetrachloride, Phillip C. Lotshaw, Anna M. Smith, David P. Shelton
Second Hyperpolarizability Of Carbon Tetrachloride, Phillip C. Lotshaw, Anna M. Smith, David P. Shelton
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Although present theories of nonlinear optics agree with observed behavior in simple atoms such as helium, more complex molecules containing many electrons, such as carbon tetrachloride (CCI4), cannot consistently be described by theory. Through experimental analysis of nonlinear materials, a new, more sophisticated model for describing their properties could be realized. The purpose of our experiment was to measure the nonlinear behavior of the second harmonic signal generated from CCI4 and to compare the results with the prediction by the CCSD(T) molecular model.