aPost Graduate & Research Department of Physics, Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai-600 030, India.
cCrystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India.
* Corresponding author
PACS: 42.65 −k, 42.70 a, 61.05 cp, 61.50Nw, 61.66 Hq, 32 and 33.
Single crystals of L-tyrosine hydrochloride, a semi-organic nonlinear optical material have been synthesized and grown by solution using solvent evaporation technique. The solubility of the synthesized material was carried out in the temperature range of 30–50°C. The crystal structure and unit cell parameters have been confirmed by powder XRD technique. Optical absorption spectrum recorded in the wavelength range of 200 – 1500 nm revealed that this crystal has good optical transparency in the range 290–1100 nm. The FTIR spectrum was taken to analyze various functional groups present in LTHCl. The DTA-TGA analysis result suggests that the material is thermally stable in the working temperature upto 240 ºC. Second harmonic generation efficiency of the crystal was confirmed by Kurtz's powder method using Nd:YAG laser.
L-tyrosine hydrochloride, solubility, FTIR, Thermal analysis
