METHOD FOR DEVELOPING THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL FUNCTION, NONLINEAR OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for developing a third-order nonlinear optical function using an organic compound.;SOLUTION: A third-order nonlinear optical material wherein a cyanine dye represented in general formula (1) is made to exist in an aligned liquid crystal is irradiated with input light having a wavelength resonating with the cyanine dye to develop the cubic nonlinear optical function.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT