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A New Nonlinear Optical Selenide Crystal AgLiGa2Se4 with Good Comprehensive Performance in Mid-Infrared Region. / Yelisseyev, Alexander; Lobanov, Sergei; Molokeev, Maxim et al.

In: Advanced Optical Materials, Vol. 9, No. 5, 2001856, 04.03.2021.

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Yelisseyev, A, Lobanov, S, Molokeev, M, Zhang, S, Pugachev, A, Lin, Z, Vedenyapin, V, Kurus, A, Khamoyam, A & Isaenko, L 2021, 'A New Nonlinear Optical Selenide Crystal AgLiGa2Se4 with Good Comprehensive Performance in Mid-Infrared Region', Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 9, no. 5, 2001856. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202001856

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Yelisseyev A, Lobanov S, Molokeev M, Zhang S, Pugachev A, Lin Z et al. A New Nonlinear Optical Selenide Crystal AgLiGa2Se4 with Good Comprehensive Performance in Mid-Infrared Region. Advanced Optical Materials. 2021 Mar 4;9(5):2001856. Epub 2020 Dec 16. doi: 10.1002/adom.202001856

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title = "A New Nonlinear Optical Selenide Crystal AgLiGa2Se4 with Good Comprehensive Performance in Mid-Infrared Region",
abstract = "Mid-infrared (mid-IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals are indispensable for the mid-IR lasers generation with tunable wavelengths from 3 to 20 µm. AgGaSe2 is a commercial mid-IR NLO crystal with the highest figures of merit, but suffers low laser damage threshold (LDT). To achieve the balance of optical transmission, NLO effect, and LDT, it is proposed to molecularly modify the AgGaSe2 structure by introducing the [LiSe4] tetrahedra, and successfully grow large crystals of a new selenide AgLiGa2Se4. The replacement of half of the heavy Ag+ cations with light Li+ increases the band gap to 2.2 eV (vs. 1.7 eV in AgGaSe2). The LDT value in AgLiGa2Se4 increases five times compared to that in AgGaSe2, while keeping a relatively large NLO susceptibility of 26 pm V−1. Moreover, the thermal expansion coefficients in AgLiGa2Se4 are approximately two times lower in absolute value compared with AgGaSe2, which is beneficial to the large crystal growth. All these advantages would make AgLiGa2Se4 a new promising NLO crystal for mid-IR laser applications.",
keywords = "crystal growth, first principles calculations, inorganic functional materials, laser damage threshold, second harmonic generation, TE, SE, TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE, MID-IR, GROWTH, GAP, 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION",
author = "Alexander Yelisseyev and Sergei Lobanov and Maxim Molokeev and Shengzi Zhang and Alexei Pugachev and Zheshuai Lin and Vitaly Vedenyapin and Alexei Kurus and Avag Khamoyam and Ludmila Isaenko",
note = "Crystal growth and investigation of physical properties were supported by Russian Science Foundation, Russia (#19-12-00085). Spectroscopic data were obtained at the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Russia (performed on a state assignment). The work on first-principles calculations also supported by National Science Foundation in China (No.51872297) and Fujian Institute of Innovation (FJCXY18010201) in Chinese Academy of Sciences. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
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doi = "10.1002/adom.202001856",
language = "English",
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T1 - A New Nonlinear Optical Selenide Crystal AgLiGa2Se4 with Good Comprehensive Performance in Mid-Infrared Region

AU - Yelisseyev, Alexander

AU - Lobanov, Sergei

AU - Molokeev, Maxim

AU - Zhang, Shengzi

AU - Pugachev, Alexei

AU - Lin, Zheshuai

AU - Vedenyapin, Vitaly

AU - Kurus, Alexei

AU - Khamoyam, Avag

AU - Isaenko, Ludmila

N1 - Crystal growth and investigation of physical properties were supported by Russian Science Foundation, Russia (#19-12-00085). Spectroscopic data were obtained at the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Russia (performed on a state assignment). The work on first-principles calculations also supported by National Science Foundation in China (No.51872297) and Fujian Institute of Innovation (FJCXY18010201) in Chinese Academy of Sciences. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/3/4

Y1 - 2021/3/4

N2 - Mid-infrared (mid-IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals are indispensable for the mid-IR lasers generation with tunable wavelengths from 3 to 20 µm. AgGaSe2 is a commercial mid-IR NLO crystal with the highest figures of merit, but suffers low laser damage threshold (LDT). To achieve the balance of optical transmission, NLO effect, and LDT, it is proposed to molecularly modify the AgGaSe2 structure by introducing the [LiSe4] tetrahedra, and successfully grow large crystals of a new selenide AgLiGa2Se4. The replacement of half of the heavy Ag+ cations with light Li+ increases the band gap to 2.2 eV (vs. 1.7 eV in AgGaSe2). The LDT value in AgLiGa2Se4 increases five times compared to that in AgGaSe2, while keeping a relatively large NLO susceptibility of 26 pm V−1. Moreover, the thermal expansion coefficients in AgLiGa2Se4 are approximately two times lower in absolute value compared with AgGaSe2, which is beneficial to the large crystal growth. All these advantages would make AgLiGa2Se4 a new promising NLO crystal for mid-IR laser applications.

AB - Mid-infrared (mid-IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals are indispensable for the mid-IR lasers generation with tunable wavelengths from 3 to 20 µm. AgGaSe2 is a commercial mid-IR NLO crystal with the highest figures of merit, but suffers low laser damage threshold (LDT). To achieve the balance of optical transmission, NLO effect, and LDT, it is proposed to molecularly modify the AgGaSe2 structure by introducing the [LiSe4] tetrahedra, and successfully grow large crystals of a new selenide AgLiGa2Se4. The replacement of half of the heavy Ag+ cations with light Li+ increases the band gap to 2.2 eV (vs. 1.7 eV in AgGaSe2). The LDT value in AgLiGa2Se4 increases five times compared to that in AgGaSe2, while keeping a relatively large NLO susceptibility of 26 pm V−1. Moreover, the thermal expansion coefficients in AgLiGa2Se4 are approximately two times lower in absolute value compared with AgGaSe2, which is beneficial to the large crystal growth. All these advantages would make AgLiGa2Se4 a new promising NLO crystal for mid-IR laser applications.

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KW - SE

KW - TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE

KW - MID-IR

KW - GROWTH

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KW - 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION

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