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Growth and characterization of unidirectional benzil single crystal for photonic applications

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Organic nonlinear optical benzil single crystal of fine quality with the dimensions of 168 × 14 mm2 was successfully grown in (100) plane from saturated solution by unidirectional SR method. The structural identity of the grown crystal was confirmed by powder XRD. High-resolution X-ray diffraction analysis indicates the crystalline perfection of the grown benzil crystal. The optical analysis was carried out by UV–visible spectroscopy which shows that the benzil crystal’s cut off wavelength is 437 nm. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of benzil crystal are found to be very much depending upon temperature and frequency. Ferroelectric nature of grown crystal was identified by P–E hysteresis analysis and to find the values of spontaneous polarization and coercive field. The laser damage threshold energy was studied with the help of Nd:YAG laser. The presence of third harmonic generation was identified by z-scan techniques.

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The authors are thankful to Prof. P. K. Das, IISc, Bangaluru, India for laser damage threshold studies.

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    A. Saranraj, J. Thirupathy, M. Jose & S. A. Martin Britto Dhas

  2. Department of Physics, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, 602 105, India

    S. Sahaya Jude Dhas

  3. Division of Physics, VIT University, Chennai, 600 127, India

    G. Vinitha

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Saranraj, A., Thirupathy, J., Dhas, S.S.J. et al. Growth and characterization of unidirectional benzil single crystal for photonic applications. Appl. Phys. B 124, 97 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-018-6971-4

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