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Table 1
Summary of nucleation data for pure and L-arginine doped ZTC systems.
G* ꢃ 10ꢀ
21
J
28
J ꢃ 10 nuclei/s/vol
r* ꢃ 10ꢀ10
System
S ¼ C/C*
D
m
i*
Pure ZTC
1.25
11.03
7.98
6.10
7.40
15.20
23.69
31.83
39.09
11.024
9.376
8.197
7.311
6.621
23.298
14.334
9.578
6.796
5.047
1
1
1
1
.3
.35
.4
4.85
3.98
.45
ZTC+1 mole%
ZTC+3 mole%
ZTC+5 mole%
L
L
L
-arginine
-arginine
-arginine
1.25
8.46
6.12
4.68
3.72
3.05
13.58
23.57
33.14
41.56
48.68
10.097
8.587
7.507
6.696
6.064
17.901
11.011
7.357
5.221
3.878
1
1
1
1
.3
.35
.4
.45
1.25
7.25
5.24
4.01
3.19
2.61
18.07
29.03
38.81
47.09
54.01
9.588
8.1543
7.129
6.358
5.758
15.328
9.429
6.301
4.469
3.319
1
1
1
1
.3
.35
.4
.45
1.25
6.83
4.94
3.77
3.00
2.46
19.95
31.16
41.07
49.26
55.93
9.398
7.993
6.988
6.232
5.644
14.435
8.880
5.934
4.209
3.127
1
1
1
1
.3
.35
.4
.45
Table 2
different supersaturation and different doping concentration. The
growth rate is found to be increase with supersaturation ratio for
SHG output of pure and
L-arginine doped ZTC.
pure and L-arginine doped ZTC. Also, the growth rate of L-arginine
doped ZTC (1–5 mole%) is found to be greater than the pure ZTC
for same supersaturation ratio. Improvement of SHG efficiency
due to L-arginine doping was observed and is comparable with
that of KDP.
Samples
SH signal output (mV)
Pure KDP
Pure ZTC
194
121.2
126.7
138.2
146.8
ZTC+1 mole%
ZTC+3 mole%
ZTC+5 mole%
L
L
L
-arg
-arg
-arg
Acknowledgements
Input power ¼ 5.7 mJ/pulse.
One of the authors (T.B.) is grateful to the University Grant
Commission (UGC), Government of India, for the award of
research fellowship under the Faculty Improvement Program.
This work is partially supported by FIST, Department of Science
and Technology, India.
supersaturation and consequently the nucleation rate (J) increases
with increase of supersaturation (Fig. 7). It is noted from Table 1
that the value of i* and
DG* decreases with the increase of
supersaturation and also varies with different doping concentra-
tions.
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