Effect of optical, mechanical and thermal properties of bio-organic chlorophyll-a of Ficus religiosa added ADP optical single crystal: A Novel NLO material

Abstract

A 0.5 mol% of organic Chlorophyll-a of Ficus religiosa and inorganic ammonium dihydrogen phosphate are added to an aqueous solution to form a semi-organic Chl-a doped ADP (CHLAADP) single crystal, grown by slow evaporation method. CHLAADP is subjected to linear optical, nonlinear optical, mechanical and thermal studies. UV–vis-NIR is taken for analyzing and to identify the optical properties, in terms of the cutoff wavelength, band gap, refractive index, optical conductivity, extinction coefficient, and electrical conductivity of CHLAADP crystal. It is observed that the inclusion of Chl-a enhance the optical properties of ADP. Vickers microhardness analysis establishes that CHLAADP belongs to the soft material category, The Optical parameter analysis confirmed that, CHLAADP is preferred for optoelectronics applications. The organic material (Chl-a) doped ADP may also be applied in communications systems, optical computing and healthcare applications like medical imaging process under Photonics. In the current work, the researcher has adopted the innovative idea of organic(Chl-a) doped inorganic (ADP) to study the optical characteristics of dopant materials in terms of optical and electrical conductivity, its response to light and temperature have been fulfilled. These properties are found to be suitable for sensors, power grids, electronics and lenses. The study and results for the parameters of CHLAADP prove that it is suitable for optoelectronic applications.