Growth, thermal, dielectric and mechanical properties of L-phenylalanine–benzoic acid: A nonlinear optical single crystal.

Highlight: [•] Systematic studies have resulted in the growth of high quality nonlinear optical material. [•] The grown crystal has high laser damage threshold and the NLO efficiency is 1.6 times greater than that of KDP. [•] The grown crystals were characterized and reported for the first time. [•] The results suggest that LPB could be expected to be a suitable material for the NLO device fabrication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]