title: Strong Kleinman-forbidden second harmonic generation in chiral sulfide: La4InSbS9.
abstract: A new chiral sulfide family, Ln(4)InSbS(9) (Ln = La, Pr, Nd), with its own structure type in space group P4(1)2(1)2 or its enantiomorph P4(3)2(1)2 has been synthesized by solid-state reaction. Remarkably, the La member shows the strongest Kleinman-forbidden second harmonic generation to date, with an intensity 1.5 times that of commercial AgGaS(2) at a laser wavelength of 2.05 μm, and exhibits type-I phase-matchable behavior. Density functional theory calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations suggest that lattice vibrations may be responsible for the origin and magnitude of the strong SHG effect.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hua-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yong-Fan
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen