Abstract
The first hyperpolarizabilities of the DNA bases thymine and cytosine were determined by hyper-Rayleigh scattering in neat water despite their low solubility. Due to the low intensity levels collected, count statistics were performed instead of the standard dilution procedure. The first hyperpolarizabilities were found to be βThymine = (2.99 ± 0.44) × 10-30 esu for thymine and βCytosine = (3.35 ± 0.21) × 10-30 esu for cytosine. Due to its weak solubility, only an upper limit βAdenine < (1.82 ± 0.10) × 10-30 esu could be set for adenine. The first hyperpolarizability of guanine could not be measured because of its very weak solubility. Theoretical static and 800nm dynamic first hyperpolarizability tensor elements were also computed with Gaussian 09 for comparison.
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