Solution Growth of 2-Hydroxy-3-Methoxybenzaldehyde (O-Vanillin) Single Crystals

✍ Scribed by M. Zha; M. Ardoino; L. Zanotti; C. Paorici

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 225 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0232-1300
• DOI: 10.1002/crat.2170310322

✦ Synopsis

MASPEC-CNR I n s t i t u t e a n d P h y s i c s D e p a r t m e n t , U n i v e r s i t y o f Parma, Parma, I t a l y * * S o l u t i o n G r o w t h o f 2 -H y d r o x y -3 -M e t h o x y b e n z a l d e h y d e ( 0 -V a n i l l i n ) S i n g l e C r y s t a l s I n t r o d u c t i o n Many o r g a n i c m a t e r i a l s h a v e b e e n d e m o n s t r a t e d t o h a v e g o o d n o n l i n e a r o pt i c a l (NLO) p r o p e r t i e s . Among t h e s e , some a t t e n t i o n h a s b e e n d e v o t e d t o 4 -h y d r o x y b e n z a l d e h y d e ( v a n i l l i n , or MHBA) w h i c h shows t r a n sp a r e n c y i n t h e w h o l e v i s i b l e r a n g e t o g e t h e r w i t h a h i g h s e c o n d -h a r m o n i c --g e n e r a t i o n (SHG) c o n v e r s i o n e f f i c i e n c y (TAO e t a l . ; ZHANG e t a l . ) . The

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