Nonlinear optical properties of functionalized DNA

Issue title: Atomic and molecular nonlinear optics: Theory, Experiment and Computation A homage to the pioneering work of Stanisław Kielich (1925-1993)

Guest editors: G. Maroulis, T. Bancewicz, B. Champagne and A.D. Buckingham

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Rau, I.^a | Krupka, O.^b | Grote, J.G.^c | Kajzar, F.^{a; d} | Sahraoui, B.^{d; *}

Affiliations: [a] POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Str. Polizu nr. 1, Bucharest, Romania | [b] Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Macromolecular Chemistry Department, Volodymyrska street, 64, 01033 Kiev, Ukraine | [c] Air Force Research Laboratory Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 3005 Hobson Way, Dayton, OH 45433-7707, USA | [d] Institute of sciences and molecular technologies of Angers MOLTECH Anjou – UMR CNRS 6200 Molecular interaction nonlinear optics and structuring MINOS, 2 Bd. Lavoisier, 49045, France

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Prof. B. Sahraoui, E-mail: bouchta.sahraoui@univ-angers.fr.

Abstract: Third-order nonlinear optical properties of functionalized deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are studied by optical third harmonic generation at 1 0642 nm fundamental wavelength. The studies were performed on thin films of DNA-CTMA and DNA-CTMA doped with a charge transfer molecules DR1 and with a cobalt phthalocyanine. They show that DNA, similarly as synthetic polymers, can be used as matrix for highly active NLO chromophores.

Keywords: DNA, DNA-CTMA, doped DNA-CTMA, third harmonic generation, NLO susceptibility

DOI: 10.3233/JCM-2010-0341

Journal: Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3-6, pp. 545-557, 2010