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Growth and characterization of L‐prolinium tartrate – A new organic NLO material
Author(s) -
Britto Dhas S. A. Martin,
Natarajan S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.200610850
Subject(s) - second harmonic generation , tartrate , characterization (materials science) , materials science , laser , energy conversion efficiency , crystal (programming language) , diffraction , single crystal , crystal growth , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , crystallography , chemistry , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , computer science , programming language
Single crystals of L‐Prolinium tartrate (C 5 H 10 NO 2 ) + (C 4 H 5 O 6 ) ‐ , a new organic non‐linear optical material of size: 15 × 10 × 10 mm 3 were grown using submerged seed solution growth method. Characterization of the crystals was made using single crystal X‐ray diffraction and density determination. Spectroscopic, thermal, optical and mechanical studies were carried out. These studies show that the crystals are thermally stable upto 161°C, transparent for the fundamental and second harmonic generation of Nd: YAG (λ = 1064 nm) laser and possess good mechanical strength. Second harmonic generation (SHG) conversion efficiency was investigated to explore the NLO characteristics of this material using Kurtz and Perry method and it was found that the SHG conversion efficiency is about 90% of that of the standard KDP crystals. Laser damage threshold study was also carried out. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)