Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals

Potassium dihydrophosphate single crystals were grown from aqueous solutions onto a point seed using temperature reduction method by doping with different molar values of Urea. The characterization of the grown crystals was made by visible and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Vicker's h...

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Hauptverfasser: Pritula, I., Kosinova, A., Kolybayeva, M., Puziko, V., Bondarenko, S., Tkachenko, V., Tsurikov, V., Fesenko, O.
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spelling irk-123456789-1365302018-06-17T03:10:09Z Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals Pritula, I. Kosinova, A. Kolybayeva, M. Puziko, V. Bondarenko, S. Tkachenko, V. Tsurikov, V. Fesenko, O. Potassium dihydrophosphate single crystals were grown from aqueous solutions onto a point seed using temperature reduction method by doping with different molar values of Urea. The characterization of the grown crystals was made by visible and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Vicker's hardness studies, X-ray powder diffraction, nonlinear optical and laser damage threshold measurements. By comparing these crystals with the ones grown from the pure solution, it is shown that 0.2/2.0 M of the Urea additive enhances the laser damage threshold and the second harmonic efficiency more than by 25 and 20 %, respectively. The Vicker's hardness studies carried out on (100) and (001) crystallographic planes show an increased hardness of the doped crystals (grown in the presence of Urea additive) on the plane (001) in comparison with that of pure potassium dihydrophosphate crystal. 2007 Article Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals / I. Pritula, A. Kosinova, M. Kolybayeva, V. Puziko, S. Bondarenko, V. Tkachenko, V. Tsurikov, O. Fesenko // Functional Materials. — 2007. — Т. 14, № 3. — С. 295-301. — Бібліогр.: 17 назв. — англ. 1027-5495 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/136530 en Functional Materials НТК «Інститут монокристалів» НАН України
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description Potassium dihydrophosphate single crystals were grown from aqueous solutions onto a point seed using temperature reduction method by doping with different molar values of Urea. The characterization of the grown crystals was made by visible and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Vicker's hardness studies, X-ray powder diffraction, nonlinear optical and laser damage threshold measurements. By comparing these crystals with the ones grown from the pure solution, it is shown that 0.2/2.0 M of the Urea additive enhances the laser damage threshold and the second harmonic efficiency more than by 25 and 20 %, respectively. The Vicker's hardness studies carried out on (100) and (001) crystallographic planes show an increased hardness of the doped crystals (grown in the presence of Urea additive) on the plane (001) in comparison with that of pure potassium dihydrophosphate crystal.
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author Pritula, I.
Kosinova, A.
Kolybayeva, M.
Puziko, V.
Bondarenko, S.
Tkachenko, V.
Tsurikov, V.
Fesenko, O.
spellingShingle Pritula, I.
Kosinova, A.
Kolybayeva, M.
Puziko, V.
Bondarenko, S.
Tkachenko, V.
Tsurikov, V.
Fesenko, O.
Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals
Functional Materials
author_facet Pritula, I.
Kosinova, A.
Kolybayeva, M.
Puziko, V.
Bondarenko, S.
Tkachenko, V.
Tsurikov, V.
Fesenko, O.
author_sort Pritula, I.
title Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals
title_short Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals
title_full Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals
title_fullStr Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals
title_full_unstemmed Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals
title_sort growth and characterization of urea-doped kdp crystals
publisher НТК «Інститут монокристалів» НАН України
publishDate 2007
url http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/136530
citation_txt Growth and characterization of urea-doped KDP crystals / I. Pritula, A. Kosinova, M. Kolybayeva, V. Puziko, S. Bondarenko, V. Tkachenko, V. Tsurikov, O. Fesenko // Functional Materials. — 2007. — Т. 14, № 3. — С. 295-301. — Бібліогр.: 17 назв. — англ.
series Functional Materials
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