Growth, structural, thermal and THz generation properties of modified DAST, CMST and BMST crystals: A comparative study

Abstract

Growth of 4-N-N-dimethylamino-4\(^\prime \)-N\(^\prime \)-methyl-stilbazolium tosylate (DAST), 4-chloro-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (CMST) and 4-bromo-N-methyl 4-stilbazolium tosylate (BMST) crystals by slope nucleation technique using mixed solvents are reported. Investigation on compositional, structural, thermal, luminescent and dielectric properties of these crystals were studied. Purity and the crystal quality are analysed using NMR and XRD. The thermal stability of the crystals is studied in detail from the TG-DTA. Emission characteristics are examined by photoluminescence spectra. Finally, 800 nm wavelength of 140 and 50 fs duration of pulses obtained from Ti:sapphire oscillator and amplifier were used for the measurement of refractive indices and absorption coefficients and generation of terahertz (THz) radiation. The conversion efficiency of DAST, CMST and BMST with respect to incident laser power of 150 mW were of the order of \(0.67 \times 10^{-4}\), \(0.826\times 10^{-4}\) and \(0.947 \times 10^{-4}\), respectively. Finally, the significance of effective polarisability in THz generation has been demonstrated in terms of rotational angle \(\theta \).