Oriented growth of benzophenone crystals from undercooled melts

Wenli Wang, Weidong Huang, Yanghua Ma, Jianlin Zhao

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Abstract

The optimal phase-matching directions of benzophenone crystals were calculated and chosen as growth orientations for the type-I and II nonlinear optical interactions. Oriented crystals with faces normal to the optimal phase-matching directions were grown directly in a quartz glass crystallizer from undercooled melts using a seed holder to control the relative orientation between the seed and the crystallizer. The grown crystals were characterized employing X-ray diffraction analysis and UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometry. The results show that benzophenone crystals grown by the oriented growth from undercooled melts are suitable for application as nonlinear optical devices without cutting.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-474
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Crystal Growth
Volume270
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2004

Keywords

  • A1. Phase-matching
  • A1. X-ray diffraction
  • A3. Oriented growth
  • B1. Benzophenone
  • B2. Organic nonlinear optical crystal

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