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Growth and characteristics of Schiff base organic nonlinear optical crystals

T. GEBRE1, A. K. BATRA2,* , K. BHAT3, M. D. AGGARWAL2, B. G. PENN4, M. E. EDWARDS2

Affiliation

  1. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
  2. Department of Physics, Alabama A&M University P.O. Box 1268, Normal, AL 35762, USA
  3. Department of Chemistry, Alabama A&M University, USA
  4. NASA- Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA

Abstract

The synthesis and crystal growth of a new organic nonlinear optical material, a Schiff base compound, 4- nitrobenzylidene-4-chloroaniline is reported. Good-quality crystals have been successfully grown using BridgmanStockbarger technique. The synthesized material has been characterized via Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and DSC studies. Nonlinear optical activity of the organic crystal, 4-nitrobenzylidene-4-chloroaniline, shows good second harmonic generation of 1.064 micron wavelength.

Keywords

B2. NLO crystals, B2. Schiff base compound, A1. Crystal growth, A2. Bridgman technique.

Citation

T. GEBRE, A. K. BATRA, K. BHAT, M. D. AGGARWAL, B. G. PENN, M. E. EDWARDS, Growth and characteristics of Schiff base organic nonlinear optical crystals, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 9, September 2008, pp.578-581 (2008).

Submitted at: July 17, 2008

Accepted at: Aug. 28, 2008