A comparison of 95 MeV oxygen ions and {sup 60} Co gamma irradiation effect on nonlinear optical L-alanine cadmium chloride single crystals

摘要: Single crystal of nonlinear optical (NLO) material L-alanine cadmium chloride (LACC) was grown by slow evaporation method at room temperature. The grown crystals were irradiated with 95 MeV oxygen ions and {sup 60}Co gamma radiation at doses of 1 Mrad and 6 Mrad. The structural, chemical, dielectric properties, AC and DC conductivity, refractive index of the crystals were studied before and after irradiation. There is a slight change in the lattice parameters due to compressive strain field generated in the irradiated crystals. The observed increase in dielectric constant was found to be more for {sup 60}Co gamma irradiated crystals than 95 MeV oxygen ion irradiated crystal. A considerable change in the values of refractive indices was observed for both gamma and ion irradiated crystals. The AC and DC conductivity was found to increase after irradiation. (author)