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Crystal growth and characterization of semi-organic 2-amino-5-nitropyridinium bromide (2A5NPBr) single crystals for third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) applications

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Semi-organic nonlinear optical (NLO) 2-amino-5-nitropyridinium bromide (2A5NPBr) single crystals have been grown by slow evaporation solution technique (SEST) with the growth period of 60 days. The single-crystal XRD analysis confirms the unit cell parameters of the grown crystal. The crystallinity of grown 2A5NPBr was analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) measurement. The presence of functional groups of 2A5NPBr crystal was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum analysis. The optical transmittance of the grown crystal was analyzed by UV–Vis–NIR analysis. It shows good transparency in the visible and NIR region and it is favorable for nonlinear optical (NLO) device applications. The chemical etching study was carried out and it reveals that the grown crystal has less dislocation density. The photoconductivity study reveals that the grown crystal possesses positive photoconductive nature. The thermal stability of the crystal has been investigated by thermogravimetric (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The dielectric constant and dielectric loss as a function of frequency were measured. The electronic polarizability (α) of 2A5NPBr molecule has been calculated theoretically by different ways such as Penn analysis, Clausius–Mossotti relation, Lorentz–Lorenz equation, optical bandgap, and coupled dipole method (CDM). The obtained values of electronic polarizability (α) are in good agreement with each other. Laser damage threshold (LDT) of 2A5NPBr crystal has been measured using Nd:YAG laser with the wavelength of 1064 nm. Third-order nonlinear optical property of the grown crystal was studied by Z-scan technique using He–Ne laser of wavelength 632.8 nm.

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The authors thank DST-SERB for financial support in the Grant No. SB/EMQ-015/2013. The authors acknowledge Prof. S. Kalainathan (Centre for Crystal Growth) and D. Rajan Babu (School of Advanced Sciences), VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India for providing the Z-scan, LDT, and refractive index measurements.

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Vediyappan, S., Arumugam, R., Pichan, K. et al. Crystal growth and characterization of semi-organic 2-amino-5-nitropyridinium bromide (2A5NPBr) single crystals for third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) applications. Appl. Phys. A 123, 780 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1394-3

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