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Title: Investigation of organic nonlinear optical crystals for harmonic frequency conversion and electro-optics. Final technical report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/584962· OSTI ID:584962

The authors are conducting a detailed study of the crystal growth of different organic materials and their physical, optical and morphological properties. The crystals are grown by a novel solution crystal growth technique developed by the principal investigator at Alabama A and M University (AAMU). The studies included the measurement of solubility of organic NLO materials in different solvents, growth of crystals by solution growth technique, and the characterization of optical properties and damage threshold of crystals for high power laser applications. Two different NLO crystals of 4-Aminobenzophenone (ABP) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde (MHBA) were investigated during the course of this investigation. A paper on ABP crystals was published in Journal of Crystal Growth in 1997.

Research Organization:
Alabama A and M Univ., Normal, AL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-96SF21142
OSTI ID:
584962
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/21142-T1; ON: DE98004412; TRN: AHC29808%%102
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jan 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English