@article{Lavéant_Medrano_Ruiz_Günter_2003, title={Rainbow Photonics: Growth of Nonlinear Optical DAST Crystals}, volume={57}, url={https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/2003_349}, DOI={10.2533/000942903777679217}, abstractNote={ DAST (4-N,N-dimethylamino-4’-N’-methyl stilbazolium tosylate) is an organic salt with one of the highest nonlinear optical susceptibilities and electro-optical coefficients. DAST crystals are therefore seen as good candidates for many photonic applications such as microring resonators or for THz-devices. The quality of such organic crystal is crucial for any application. We discuss here two different growth methods of single crystalline DAST from solution. Bulk crystals, 1 cm3 in size, and thin crystals, 1 mm2 for a thickness of about 100 ?m are obtained. The use of a DAST crystal for a microring resonator is also presented }, number={6}, journal={CHIMIA}, author={Lavéant, Pierre and Medrano, Carolina and Ruiz, Blanca and Günter, Peter}, year={2003}, month={Jun.}, pages={349} }