Growth and Characterization of a New Semi-Organic Material : L-Threonine Doped Sodium Nitrate Crystal

L-Threonine doped sodium nitrate single crystal was grown by solution growth slow evaporation technique successfully. LTSN, the as grown crystal were subjected to the following characterization studies such as UV-Vis-NIR, FTIR, TGA-DSC, Powder XRD and NLO etc., The investigation of optical linearity and nonlinearity was done from the UV-Vis-NIR and NLO studies. Thermal stability of the grown crystal was carried out using TGA and DSC spectral analysis. Conversion efficiency of the grown LTSN crystals to second harmonic generation confirms the suitability for fabricating devices used in the applications of frequency conversion