Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of the Orthorhombic Nonlinear Optical Crystal PbGa2GeSe6
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Thermal Expansion
3. Nanohardness and Young’s Modulus
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
PGGSe | PbGa2GeSe6 |
SHG | Second-harmonic generation |
RT | Room temperature |
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Direction | RT Lattice Constant, Å | α, ppm/K | R2 Factor |
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a | 47.001(7) | 7.03 | 0.9727 |
b | 7.5753(6) | 3.72 | 0.9633 |
c | 12.161(4) | 5.27 | 0.9707 |
Direction | Young’s Modulus, GPa | Nanohardness, GPa | Temperature, °C | Thermal Drift Correction, nm/s |
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a | 43.5 ± 0.5 | 3.16 ± 0.07 | 26.8 ± 0.2 | 0.231 ± 0.077 |
b | 56.6 ± 0.3 | 3.58 ± 0.04 | 20.1 ± 0.2 | 0.342 ± 0.025 |
c | 40.2 ± 0.3 | 3.42 ± 0.04 | 20.7 ± 0.2 | 0.264 ± 0.015 |
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Susner, M.A.; Goldstein, J.T.; Exner, G.K.; Grigorov, A.V.; Siebenaller, R.; Miyata, K.; Petrov, V. Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of the Orthorhombic Nonlinear Optical Crystal PbGa2GeSe6. Photonics 2025, 12, 556. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12060556
Susner MA, Goldstein JT, Exner GK, Grigorov AV, Siebenaller R, Miyata K, Petrov V. Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of the Orthorhombic Nonlinear Optical Crystal PbGa2GeSe6. Photonics. 2025; 12(6):556. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12060556
Chicago/Turabian StyleSusner, Michael A., Jonathan T. Goldstein, Ginka K. Exner, Aleksandar V. Grigorov, Ryan Siebenaller, Kentaro Miyata, and Valentin Petrov. 2025. "Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of the Orthorhombic Nonlinear Optical Crystal PbGa2GeSe6" Photonics 12, no. 6: 556. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12060556
APA StyleSusner, M. A., Goldstein, J. T., Exner, G. K., Grigorov, A. V., Siebenaller, R., Miyata, K., & Petrov, V. (2025). Thermo-Mechanical Characterization of the Orthorhombic Nonlinear Optical Crystal PbGa2GeSe6. Photonics, 12(6), 556. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12060556