Review Article

Growth and PhysioChemical Properties of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical L-Threonine Single Crystals

Table 1

Critical radius ( ), critical free energy ( ), volume free energy ( ) calculated at various supersaturation values.

S. noTemp (in K)  m( ) in J ( ) in J

(1)2981.0110.14 33.24
1.025.08 8.35
1.033.41 3.76
1.042.57 2.14
1.052.06 1.38

(2)3031.0110.25 33.87
1.025.15 8.57
1.033.45 3.83
1.042.60 2.18
1.052.09 1.41

(3)3081.0114.86 101.45
1.027.47 25.66
1.034.99 11.47
1.043.77 6.53
1.053.03 4.22

(4)3131.0110.55 35.65
1.025.28 8.93
1.033.53 4.00
1.042.67 2.28
1.052.14 1.47