Measurements of molecular hyperpolarizabilities for ethylene, butadiene, hexatriene, and benzene

15 December 1978

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics

Vol. 69 (12), 5438-5440
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.436534

Abstract

Third‐order polarizabilities are measured in the gas phase using dc electric‐field induced optical second‐ harmonic generation and are found to be positive in each case.

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