Dispersion Overwhelms Charge Transfer in Determining the Magnitude of the First Hyperpolarizability in Triindole Octupoles

A comprehensive series of systematically functionalized C3-symmetric hexakis (para-substituted) triindoles has been studied for its linear and second-order nonlinear optical properties. The carbazole-derived triindole central core is electron rich and electron donating. The peripheric substitution pattern, resulting in a donor–donor or a donor–acceptor charge transfer, is reflected in the UV–vis absorption spectra, where a lower energy charge-transfer band is observed for the donor–acceptor pattern. On-resonance all compounds exhibit a strongly enhanced second-order nonlinear optical response, critically dependent on the particular wavelength but showing no clear correlation with the charge-transfer character imparted by the peripheral substituents. Nonetheless, extremely large values are obtained: we measured the highest value ever reported for octupolar compounds in transparent conditions on-resonance. Off-resonance significantly smaller values are found, which are very similar for all compounds and sho...

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