Theoretical third-order hyperpolarizability of paratellurite from the finite field perturbation method.
Density functional theory was used to estimate the third-order hypersusceptibility chi (3) of the alpha-TeO2 paratellurite (as a model structure for TeO2 glass) and the same value for alpha-SiO2 cristobalite (as a model structure for glassy silica). The attempt was made to gain a physical insight into the nature of the extraordinarily high hypersusceptibility of TeO2 glass. A finite field perturbation method implemented in the CRYSTAL code with the "sawtooth" approach was employed. The chi (3) values calculated for alpha-TeO2 were found to be of the same order as that measured for TeO2 glass and much higher than the values computed for alpha-SiO2 which, in turn, were close to that of glassy silica.
Yahia
Mouna Ben
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Laboratoire Science des Procédés Céramiques et Traitements de Surface, UMR CNRS 6638, Université de Limoges, 123 av. Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France.
Orhan
Emmanuelle
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Beltrán
Armando
A
Masson
Olivier
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Merle-Méjean
Thérèse
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Mirgorodski
Andreï
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Thomas
Philippe
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