Growth and characterization studies on glycine barium dichloride single crystals for NLO applications

The novel nonlinear optical single crystal of glycine barium chloride has been successfully synthesized by taking the appropriate amount of glycine and barium dichloride and single crystals have been grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique at room temperature. The grown single crystals have been analyzed with XRD, FT-IR, TG/DTA measurements. Its mechanical behavior has been assessed by Vickers Microhardness measurements. Its nonlinear optical property has been tested by Kurtz powder technique. Its optical behavior was examined by UV-vis, and found that the crystal is transparent in the region between 250 and 1200 nm.