Studies on influence of Cd2+ ions in unidirectional growth and characterization of L-Cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate single crystals

Cadmium doped L-Cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate (Cd2+-C3H7NO2S center dot HCl center dot H2O), a non-linear optical crystal, was grown by conventional as well as unidirectional solution growth techniques. While the dimension of the conventionally grown crystal was 16 x 14 x 5 mm(3), the dimension of the crystal grown unidirectional method was 32 mm long and 6 mm diameter. The grown crystals were studied using XRD for phase analysis, HRXRD for crystalline perfection and UV-Vis NIR spectroscopy for optical properties. The high crystalline perfection was found in the crystal grown by unidirectional method than that grown by conventional one. FTIR study indicates that Cd2+ ion was coordinated to L-Cysteine center dot HCl center dot H2O through S ligand. The nonlinear optical character of the title compound was observed by measuring the SHG efficiency, which is 1.35 times to that of KDP by Kurtz technique. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.