Vibrational second hyperpolarizabilities of furan homologues are calculated by ab initio molecular orbital method, and compared with the electronic parts of the hyperpolarizability. Heavy atom effect observed for the electronic hyperpolarizability is also found for the vibrational hyperpolarizability. The effect of the vibrational polarization is about 10 % of that of the electronic polarization for every homologue. The calculated values of total hyperpolarizability including vibrational effect well reproduce the experimental values measured using the optical Kerr effect method. |