摘要:
A new organic nonlinear optical crystal 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4'-N'-methyl-stilbazolium 3-carboxy-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate (DSCHS) has been developed with very promising properties for quadratic nonlinear optical applications. DSCHS single crystals with non-centrosymmetric structure have been obtained from aqueous methanol solution. X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that the crystal structure of DSCHS is triclinic P1 with the chromophores aligned perfectly parallel, leading to the maximum possible order parameter = 1 in the crystalline state, which is optimal for electro-optics, THz-wave generation and field detection applications. Kurtz powder test has shown that DSCHS exhibits a very large second-order optical nonlinearity, with a 30 percent higher second-harmonic signal than the well-known organic nonlinear optical crystal 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4'-N'-methyl-stilbazolium tosylate COAST). Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.