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EPR Studies of E-Beam and Gamma Irradiated ZnGeP2: A Nonlinear Optical Material for the Infrared

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

M.H. Rakowsky ,
W.J. Lauderdale ,
R. A. Mantz ,
R. Pandey  and
P.J. Drevinsky
M.H. Rakowsky
Affiliation:
Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, USAF Academy, CO 80840–6272
W.J. Lauderdale
Affiliation:
Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, USAF Academy, CO 80840–6272
R. A. Mantz
Affiliation:
Phillips Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA 93524–7680
R. Pandey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931
P.J. Drevinsky
Affiliation:
Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731–2090
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Abstract

Zinc germanium phosphide is a nonlinear optical material for efficient frequency conversion in the mid-IR spectral region. One challenge in the development of ZnGeP2 is to reduce the near band edge absorption in the 0.7 to 2.5 micron region. Several methods have been used to ascertain the origin of this absorbance. One method, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), has been used to characterize the paramagnetic native acceptor in ZnGeP2 by studying as-grown, thermally annealed, electron-beam irradiated, and gamma irradiated single crystals. Each of the these processing routines improves the optical transparency with a concurrent decrease in the concentration of paramagnetic centers and defect site symmetry as seen in the EPR spectra. High energy e-beam and gamma irradiation may cause compensation, movement, or creation of new defects. In addition, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been used to further characterize several samples of as-grown, annealed and polycrystalline ZnGeP2. Preliminary calculations of the defect energetics have been conducted using atomistic simulation techniques employing the shell model to describe the lattice. Interionic potentials between the constituent ions were obtained by performing quantum cluster calculations on ZnGeP2.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 354: Symposium A – Beam Solid Interactions for Materials Synthesis and Characterization , 1994 , 735
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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