Growth of cadmium mercury thiocyanate dimethylsulphoxide single crystal for laser frequency doubling

✍ Scribed by Shiyi Guo; Duorong Yuan; Dong Xu; Guanghui Zhang; Suoying Sun; Fanqing Meng; Xinqiang Wang; Xuening Jiang; Minhua Jiang; Daliang Sun; Xiling Yu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 863 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0960-8974
• DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8974(00)00019-x

✦ Synopsis

This paper reports the growth of an organometallic nonlinear optical (NLO) complex crystal, Cadmium mercury thiocyanate dimethyl-sulphoxide (CdHg(SCN)4(H6C2OS)2, CMTD), which was grown from aqueous solution by a temperature lowering method. Its powder SHG intensity is higher than that of CMTC.

The crystal size of CMTD can reach 25x23× 15mm 3. The solubility curve, and solubility variation with pH value are also reported. The growth habits of crystals of CMTD grown under different conditions are discussed and the optimized condition for the growth CMTD using a temperature-lowering method from aqueous solution are also discussed.