Investigation on growth and characterization of a new inorganic NLO material: Zinc sulphate (ZnSO4:7H2O) doped with Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4:7H2O)

Single crystal of Zinc sulphate doped with Magnesium sulphate, a nonlinear material, was grown from aqua solution by slow evaporation method at room temperature. Good quality single crystals were grown by slow evaporation technique (four weeks) and the crystals subjected to single crystal X-ray diffraction and FT-IR analyses to confirm the formulation of new crystals. The TGA and DTA reveal that the material has good thermal stability. The UV-Vis spectrum confirms that the material has wide optical transparency and the existence of the second harmonic generation has also been ascertained by Kurtz powder method.