Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 147, Issue 2, Pages 1167-1175Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-020-10391-w
Keywords
Single crystal; Nonlinear; Thermal; Time-resolved PL; Z-scan; X-ray diffraction; Terahertz
Funding
- CSIR
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In this study, an optical grade semi-organic single crystal of sodium acid phthalate (NaAP) was synthesized using the slow evaporation solution growth technique (SEST). The crystal exhibited promising nonlinear optical (NLO) properties and was found to belong to an orthorhombic structure with B2ab space group. Various analyses were performed to evaluate the structural, optical, thermal, and nonlinear properties of the NaAP crystal, indicating its potential for optical limiting applications.
Optical grade semi-organic single crystal of sodium acid phthalate (NaAP) was synthesized, and the crystals were harvested by slow evaporation solution growth technique (SEST) in an ambient condition. The titled compound is a promising material for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications and crystallized in non-centrosymmetric system. The structural information of the above-mentioned crystal was investigated by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), which reveals that it belongs to orthorhombic structure and B2ab space group. The presence of defects in the harvested crystal was assessed by high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) and found that grown single crystal is moderately good. The optical behaviour of NaAP crystal was examined by UV-Vis, photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved PL (TRPL), respectively. Thermal response and stability of the title compound were tested using thermogravimetry (TG), derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) was evaluated using thermomechanical analyzer (TMA). The third-order NLO properties of NaAP single crystal had been evaluated by Z-scan method. The two-photon absorption coefficient (beta) was calculated from open-aperture curve of Z-scan. The nonlinear study reveals that NaAP crystal is an appropriate choice in optical limiting usage. Terahertz (THz) time domain spectroscopy was used to study optical characteristics like refractive index and absorption coefficient of NaAP single crystal.
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