Article
Concentration dependence of Surface Non-linear Susceptibility of Vanadyl-Porphyrin at silica surfaces
Autor
Echevarria, Lorenzo
Gutiérrez, Héctor
Sosa, Verónica
Caetano, Manuel
Institución
Resumen
Resonant molecular optical second harmonic generation (SHG) has been obtained from [2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18-
Octaethyl-porphinato] vanadyl, (OEP)V=O, adsorbed on the hypotenuse face of a glass prism. Rotational intensity
patterns are showed by plotting the second harmonic intensity as a function of the incident polarization angle of the
fundamental wave, at a fixed angle of incidence. Evaluation of these patterns by Fourier analysis allowed the
determination of the second order susceptibilities components of the adsorbed layers. Assuming a delta distribution
function, the mean orientation angles from normal to the surface plane, were obtained for different solution
concentrations. Our results indicate an abrupt change in the angle for two concentration ranges