Growth, optical and thermal characterization of Semiorganic crystal: Diglycine Perchlorate for second-order nonlinear optical applications

Abstract

Optically good quality Diglycine Perchlorate (DGPCL) single crystals were grown by the solution growth slow evaporation method. Single crystal X-ray diffraction of DGPCL was analyzed in this paper. From the FTIR study, the functional groups of crystal were identified and confirmed. UV–Vis absorption spectrum was examined, which shows that large transmittance in the entire visible and NIR region and the value of optical band gap were determined. The Second Harmonic Generation efficiency of the crystal was determined by the Kurtz–Perry powder method, which authenticates nonlinear optical property of the title material. Thermal study with kinetic parameter calculations was analyzed. Laser Induced Damage threshold of the sample crystal was determined. The dielectric study was carried out by determining dielectric constant, dielectric loss and ac conductivity using LCR meter and the variations of these parameters with frequency and temperature were analyzed.