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Crystal growth, structural, optical, thermal and non-linear optical response of l-serine doping in potassium sulphato oxalate single crystals

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The novel non-linear optical materials of pure and l-serine (LS) doped potassium sulphato oxalate (KSO) single crystals at different concentration levels (1 mol%, 2 mol% and 3 mol%) are grown by conventional slow evaporation solution growth technique (SEST). The grown crystals were studied for their structural, optical, thermal and second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency properties. The Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) spectrum confirms the grown crystals are triclinic crystalline system with space group P1 for pure KSO and it remains unchanged for LS-doped KSO single crystals at different concentration levels except small angular shift for few intense peaks. As the doping concentration increases, the intensity of (201) peak increases due to the preferred orientation of c-axis and the absence of (− 100), (− 101) peaks. The presence of doped molecules was identified through infrared spectroscopy. The absorbance was decreased with increasing doping concentration and indirect band gap energy increased from 3.9 eV for pure KSO to 4.6 eV for 3 mol% LS-doped KSO which indicates that these materials are one of the best choices for efficient light conversion materials. The crystalline perfection of grown crystals was assessed by High-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) technique. At an optimum doping concentration, the crystalline perfection was increased due to predominant occupation of doped molecules at the sites of grain boundaries. The thermal stability of the samples was carried out using thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) study. The sharp increase in photo luminescent intensity for 3 mol% LS-doped KSO at 563 nm is preferable for green light fluorescence applications. The relative second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency was increased with increasing doping concentration. At 3 mol% of LS doping, KSO crystals showed an enhanced efficiency by 1.45 times to that of standard KDP crystals. Thus, the grown crystals were found to have potential applications for optoelectronic device applications.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge Director, RGUKT-A.P, IIIT Nuzvid for encouraging the research. The authors are highly thankful to Prof. P. Ramasamy, SSN College of engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu and Dr N. Vijayan of CSIR-NPL (National Physical Laboratory) for providing instrumentation facilities to characterize the samples. The authors are also thankful to the Director, VSMGI, Ramachandrapuram, Andhra Pradesh for providing the crystal Growth facilities and the required chemicals.

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  1. Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh, 521202, India

    G. Durgababu

  2. Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 530003, India

    Y. A. S. Anitha & P. V. L. Narayana

  3. Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andra Pradesh, 522237, India

    I. Ramakanth

  4. Department of Physics, Government Degree College, Dr B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema District, Mandapeta, Andhra Pradesh, 533308, India

    K. Srinivasa Rao

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh, 521202, India

    B. Lakshmanarao

  6. SSN Research Centre, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, Kalavakkam, 603110, India

    R. Govindaraj

  7. Department of Physics, VSM Group of Institutions, E.G. (Dt.), Ramachandrapuram, Andhra Pradesh, 533255, India

    G. Bhagavannarayana

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All authors contributed to the study conception and materials properties. For the material synthesis and design of the experimental work and collection of data and analysis performed by [G Durgababu] [YAS Anitha] [I Ramakanth] [B. LakshmanaRao] [K.Srinivasa Rao], [T Kamalesh] [G Bhagavannnarayana] and [P.V. LakshmiNarayana]. The first draft of the manuscript written by [G Durgababu] and authors are read and approved the manuscript.

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Durgababu, G., Anitha, Y.A.S., Ramakanth, I. et al. Crystal growth, structural, optical, thermal and non-linear optical response of l-serine doping in potassium sulphato oxalate single crystals. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 795 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12527-2

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