Synthesis and characterization of mid-infrared transparency compounds: acentric BaHgS2 and centric Ba8Hg4S5Se7.
Two mid-IR transparency compounds, namely, acentric BaHgS2 (BHS) and centric Ba8Hg4S5Se7 (BHSSe), were successfully synthesized by a conventional solid-state reaction method. The space group of BHS is orthorhombic Pmc21 with [HgS4] tetrahedra and isolated dumbbell-shaped [HgS2] units, while BHSSe belongs to the orthorhombic space group Pnma with infinite isolated ∞[HgSe2(S/Se)2](4-) chains. Raman spectra and thermal analysis of the titled materials were measured. In addition, their band gaps are found to be 1.93 (BHS) and 1.98 eV (BHSSe) from the measured diffuse reflectance spectra. Significantly, the powder BHS sample exhibits a good second harmonic generation (SHG) response of ∼6.5 times compared with that of reference AgGaS2 at a fundamental wavelength (2.09 μm). The calculated SHG coefficients of BHS are also reported, and the maximum result agrees well with the test observation.
Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments of CAS; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices; Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry of CAS , 40-1 South Beijing Road, Urumqi 830011, China.
Kui
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Wu
Xin
X
Su
Shilie
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Pan
Zhihua
Z
Yang
D017609:Barium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D011789:Quantum Theory; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D017609:Barium Compounds; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D008628:Mercury