Nonlinear Optical Properties and Multiphoton Spectroscopies of Inorganic Molecules, Crystal and Clusters

Dear Colleagues,

We are living in an age of the human history dominated by communication. The role of electrons in the information technology of the XX century may be soon (and in part has already been) replaced by photons in the III millennium. Over the years, it has been consolidated that photonics, using photons instead of electrons to acquire, store, process, and transmit information, may do a better job than electronics, in terms of operational speed, bandwidth, signal transmission, number parallel communication channels per surface area, etc. Nonlinear optics is one of the cornerstones of photonics. Furthermore, nonlinear optical materials have found outstanding applications in fields other than photonics, such as bio-imaging, photodynamic therapy, sensor manufacture, smart materials, and micro- and nanofabrication. So far, the majority of studies of nonlinear optics have primarily been focused on organic compounds and materials.

In this Special Issue, we wish to “bring balance to the Force” and show the high potentialities that inorganic compounds and materials—up to now, rather neglected—may have in nonlinear optics; contributions in theory, computation, synthesis, characterization and applications will all be welcome.

Prof. Dr. Enrico Benassi
Guest Editor

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• nonlinear optical properties
• multi-photon spectroscopies
• inorganic complexes
• inorganic crystals and co-crystals
• inorganic clusters
• metal organic frameworks