Growth and characterization of pure and 1, 10 phenanthraline doped potassium penta borate (KB5) single crystals

We concentrate on the low temperature slow solvent evaporation method and characterization of pure and 1, 10 phenanthraline doped KB5 and describe its potential as a non-linear optical material. The grown crystal has been subjected to single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis to identify the unit cell parameters and crystal system. The presence of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen content were confirmed by CHN analysis. The Kurtz's-Perry powder SHG efficiency was determined for both pure and 1,10 phenanthraline doped KB5 crystals as 1.6 and 2.2 times than that of pure KDP. Surface morphology of the pure and doped KB5 crystals has been found to be Scanning Electron Microscopic technique (SEM).