scholarly journals Study growth and characterization of chloride doped potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate crystal

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
S. Revathi

Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystal has been doped with chloride to alter its physical and chemical properties.The pure and chloride mixtured KDP was grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique. The X-raydiffractometry (XRD) analys is shows that the crystalline perfection these optimum conditions is extremely good without having any internal structural grain boundaries and mosaic nature. The lattice parameters have been determined for pure KDP and chloride mixtured KDP from the single crystal XRD. The crystals grown by these optimum conditions show positive effects in the various characterization techniques.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-456
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Ning Hou ◽  
Liang-Chi Zhang ◽  
Qi Wang

AbstractPotassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals are widely used in laser ignition facilities as optical switching and frequency conversion components. These crystals are soft, brittle, and sensitive to external conditions (e.g., humidity, temperature, and applied stress). Hence, conventional characterization methods, such as transmission electron microscopy, cannot be used to study the mechanisms of material deformation. Nevertheless, understanding the mechanism of plastic-brittle transition in KDP crystals is important to prevent the fracture damage during the machining process. This study explores the plastic deformation and brittle fracture mechanisms of KDP crystals through nanoindentation experiments and theoretical calculations. The results show that dislocation nucleation and propagation are the main mechanisms of plastic deformation in KDP crystals, and dislocation pileup leads to brittle fracture during nanoindentation. Nanoindentation experiments using various indenters indicate that the external stress fields influence the plastic deformation of KDP crystals, and plastic deformation and brittle fracture are related to the material’s anisotropy. However, the effect of loading rate on the KDP crystal deformation is practically negligible. The results of this research provide important information on reducing machining-induced damage and further improving the optical performance of KDP crystal components.


2006 ◽  
Vol 293 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.L. Liu ◽  
H.R. Xia ◽  
X.Q. Wang ◽  
Z.C. Ling ◽  
D.G. Ran ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Gao ◽  
Lili Wang ◽  
Lunfu Tian ◽  
Pengfei Sun ◽  
Hui Dong ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Engelhard ◽  
Cheryl Evans ◽  
T. A. Land ◽  
A. J. Nelson

2007 ◽  
Vol 1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selemani Seif ◽  
Ravindra Behari Lal

AbstractThis paper reports on preparation and characterization of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate (KDP) crystals doped with Potassium Dichromate (PD). The crystals were grown at room temperature by solution evaporation technique. The grown crystals were polished, sliced, and analyzed using UV-Spectrophotometer, which showed high concentration of PD impurities in KDP crystals at 200-280 nanometer. These concentrations were then verified using ICP measurements to determine specific amount in ppm of chromium ions in KDP crystals. In additional to that, the UV-transmittance data of these crystals were then converted to absorbance per thickness, and used to calculate absorption coefficients, extinction coefficients, and refractive index as a function of wavelength. The results showed that the presence of PD impurities in the crystal matrix of KDP has played a key reformative role in the UV sensing of Potassium Diphosphate crystals.


2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Izdebski

In this paper, a method of measuring the β31 coefficient of the quadratic electrogyration effect in potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP)-type crystals is proposed. It is shown that this very weak effect can be decoupled from other stronger effects occurring simultaneously in the real measuring system, even when small inaccuracies in crystal cutting and alignment are taken into account. Theoretical and numerical analyses are illustrated by experimental data obtained for the KDP crystal. High sensitivity, which is required for successful measurements at room and higher temperatures, has been achieved by using the polarimetric method for a light beam propagating along the optical axis of the crystal in combination with the lock-in technique and a new measurement procedure that compensates for the contribution of other effects such as electro-optic effects, natural birefringence and dichroism. It was found that the β31 coefficient measured at a wavelength of 632.8 nm decreases linearly from 2.53 × 10−21 m2 V−2 at a temperature of 298 K to 2.08 × 10−21 m2 V−2 at 343 K.


2009 ◽  
Vol 626-627 ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao Long Guo ◽  
Fei Hu Zhang ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Dian Rong Luan

The characteristics and principle of deliquescent polishing technology for potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystals are introduced, and the performance requirements of deliquescent polishing fluid for KDP crystals are proposed. The main components of the deliquescent polishing fluid for KDP crystals were selected according to these performance requirements. Through uniformity experiment, stability experiment and fluidity experiment, uniformity, stability and fluidity of deliquescent polishing fluid for KDP crystals prepared using the selected components were tested. Through deliquescent polishing experiment of KDP crystal, polishing performance of deliquescent polishing fluid compounded using the selected components was tested. The material removal rate of the KDP crystal in the deliquescent polishing experiment was 6.03μm/min, and the surface roughness of the KDP crystal after deliquescent polishing was 4.857nm. The experimental results show that the compounded deliquescent polishing fluid for KDP crystals has good polishing performance and can reach the requirements.


2012 ◽  
Vol 581-582 ◽  
pp. 727-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Zhang ◽  
De Xiang Jia ◽  
Hua Xie

The geometric shape of a crystal can be simulated via a thermodynamic model using breaking bond energy calculations. When this model was applied to the case of the KDP crystal, a thermodynamic description of the KDP crystal growth was successfully developed, which was consistent with experimental observations. Additionally, the effect of surface chemistry on the morphology of the KDP crystal was also investigated using the model based on the surface energy of the KDP crystal. These results confirm that bond making and breaking strongly influence the thermodynamic morphology of the KDP crystal during the crystallization.


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