Crystal growth, structural and full optical characterizations of 3-Methyl-4-methoxy-4'-nitrostilben (MMONS)

Organic crystals with large second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) susceptibilities are of great interest because of their potential use of optical parametric generation.(1) In recent years second-order cascading effects in organic crystals draw much attention not only in the context of basic understandings of the nonlinear optical processes but also potential applications in optoelectronics.