Optical, structural and microhardness properties of KDP crystals grown from urea-doped solutions

被引:54
作者
Pritula, I. [1 ]
Kosinova, A. [1 ]
Kolybayeva, A. [1 ]
Puzikov, V. [1 ]
Bondarenko, S. [1 ]
Tkachenko, V. [1 ]
Tsurikov, V. [1 ]
Fesenko, O. [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, STC Inst Single Crystals, UA-61001 Kharkov, Ukraine
[2] Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Inst Phys, UA-68028 Kiev, Ukraine
关键词
optical materials; crystal growth; X-ray diffraction; mechanical properties; optical properties;
D O I
10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.10.040
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Potassium dihydrophosphate single crystals were grown from aqueous solutions onto a point seed using temperature reduction method by doping with different molar values of urea. The characterization of the grown crystals was made by visible and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Vicker's hardness studies, X-ray powder diffraction, non-linear optical and laser damage threshold measurements. By comparing these crystals with the ones grown from the pure solution, it is shown that 0.2-2.0 M of the urea additive enhances the laser damage threshold and the second harmonic efficiency more than by 25 and 20%, respectively. By means of the Bond method using a multipurpose three-crystal X-ray diffractometer it is shown that the presence of urea additive increases the crystal lattice parameter c of the grown crystals, whereas the lattice parameter a is by an order less sensitive to the changing urea concentration in the solution. The Vicker's hardness studies at room temperature carried out on (1 0 0) and (0 0 1) crystallographic planes show an increased hardness of the doped crystals (grown in the presence of urea additive) on the plane (0 0 1) in comparison with that of pure potassium dihydrophosphate crystal. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2778 / 2789
页数:12
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