Cu<sub>4</sub>MnGe<sub>2</sub>S<sub>7</sub> and Cu<sub>2</sub>MnGeS<sub>4</sub>: two polar thiogermanates exhibiting second harmonic generation in the infrared and structures derived from hexagonal diamond
Jennifer R. Glenn, Jeong Bin Cho, Yiqun Wang, Andrew J. Craig, Jian‐Han Zhang, Marvene Cribbs, Stanislav S. Stoyko, Kate E. Rosello, Christopher Barton, Allyson Bonnoni, P. Grima, Joseph H. MacNeil, James M. Rondinelli, Joon I. Jang, Jennifer A. Aitken
Abstract
The synthesis, structure, and physicochemical characterization of two diamond-like semiconductors are reported. Both compounds display second harmonic generation, bandgaps around 2 eV and wide windows of optical transparency in the infrared.
Topics & Concepts
Analytical Chemistry (journal)Materials sciencePhase (matter)Second-harmonic generationInfrared spectroscopyPowder diffractionInfraredDiffractionSpectroscopyStoichiometryCrystallographyLaserOpticsChemistryPhysical chemistryPhysicsChromatographyQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryCrystal Structures and PropertiesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties