Static and frequency-dependent electronic (hyper)polarizabilities of the dimethylnaphthalene (DMN) isomers were computed in vacuum using the Coulomb-attenuating Density Functional Theory method. The nonlinear optical Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) and Electro-Optical Pockels Effect (EOPE) were investigated at the characteristic Nd:YAG laser wavelength of 1064 nm. The response electric propert...

The intensity dependence of optical nonlinearity in a nematic liquid crystal doped with an azo-dye is investigated. The reorientational part of the nonlinearity changes from self-defocusing to self-focusing character while the intensity passes through the saturation value of trans-cis photoisomerization. This observation, in accordance with previous models, indicates that the optical torque gen...

The phenomenon of chirality, common in nature, pertains also to food components. The effect of the chiral structure of chemical compounds is the occurrence of optical isomers, i.e. enantiomers. The only source of optically active substances are living organisms, which produce most frequently mostly one of isomers. Proteins and carbohydrates are chiral: amino acids are found in proteins only in ...

Optical enantiomers are proposed to encode molecular two-qubit information processing. Using sequences of pairs of nonresonant optimally polarized pulses, different schemes to implement quantum gates, and to prepare entangled states, are described. We discuss the role of the entanglement phase and the robustness of the pulse sequences which depend on the area theorem. Finally, possible scenario...

Effects of the optical isomers of propranolol on blood pressure in the rat, and in the spinal rat during adrenaline infusion were studied to investigate the mechanism of the pressor action of propranolol. Both isomers of propranolol produced a sustained pressor action in the rat and in the spinal rat infused with adrenaline. The magnitude of the pressor action produced by the d- and 1-propranol...

the nitrite ® nitro isomerization in nitritopentaamine cobalt (iii) halides has been known. in this paper, the effect of the size of the counter ions (noncoordinated groups) on the rate of isomerization in nitritopentaamine cobalt (iii) halides, is reported. the rate of isomerization is decreased by increasing the size of the counter ions. this decrease is explained on the basis of steric inter...

We introduce the mixed product of three vectors spanning four molecular locations as a descriptor of optical isomerism. This descriptor is very efficient as it does not require molecular superposition, and is very robust in discriminating between a given isomer and its mirror image. In particular, conformational isomers that are mirror images of each other, as well as optical isomers have oppos...