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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author expresses his deep sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to
his guide Dr. Mihir J. Joshi, Professor, Department of Physics, Saurashtra
University, Rajkot, who introduced him to the field of “Crystal Growth”,
particularly, in the recent field of “Growth of Non Linear Optical Materials
Crystals”, and guided in the most profound manner with continuous
encouragement, inspiration and love during the work and made himself available
for guidance and discussion in the odd hours of the days.
The author is highly indebted to Prof. Hiren H. Joshi, Head of the Physics
Department, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, and the former head of the
department Prof. K. N. Iyer, for their keen interest and providing the necessary
facilities to work. The author wishes to express his gratitude to Prof. B. S. Shah
and Prof. B. J. Mehta for their fruitful suggestions during the work.
The author expresses his sincere thanks to other faculty members
of the Physics Department, Prof. H.P. Joshi, Prof. D.G. Kuberkar, Dr .G. J.
Baldha, Dr. K. B. Modi and Dr. J. A. Bhalodia for their kind help and cooperation
during the experimental work.
The author is grateful to his senior research colleagues Dr. Vimal S. Joshi
(Principal, R.K. Parikh Arts and Science College, Petlad), Dr. R. M. Dabhi, Dr. H.
J. Pandya Dr. K. C. Joseph, Dr. B. B. Parekh, Dr. S. R. Suthar and Dr. S. J. Joshi
and also the present co-workers, Mr. K.D. Parikh, Mr. Poorvesh M. Vyas, Ms.
Kashmira P. Tank, Ms. Sonal R. Vasant, Mr. C. K. Chauhan, Mr. Hiren Jani , Mr.
R.R. Hajiyani , Mr. Ravi Mansuria and Mr. Ravindra Gohel for their friendly
support and kind cooperation throughout the research work.
The present author wishes to express his special heartfelt gratitude to
Ms. Sonal R. Vasant for helping him in meticulous proof reading, setting
alignments, and compilation of the thesis chapters. This work is time consuming,