Abstract

A non-centrosymmetric, polar LiNa5Mo9O30 single crystal was grown using Kyropoulos technique and characterized by polarized Raman scattering and polarized infrared specular reflection spectroscopy at room temperature. The comparison to the polycrystalline spectra has been made and assignment of all observed modes to the respective vibrations and their symmetry has been proposed. Based on the four parameter model the infrared reflection spectra were analyzed and the LO-TO splitting has been determined for the observed modes. Stronger anharmonicity of bands assigned to stretching vibrations of the Mo-O⋯Mo bridges has been evidenced. Our results show that this crystal is attractive and promising SRS-active nonlinear optical material for up- and down-Raman laser-frequency converters with the most intense lasing lines at 947 and 884cm-1. Dielectric permittivity studies in the frequency domain exhibit two anomalies that are assigned to thermally activated relaxation and conductivity processes. The observed increase in electrical conductivity above 400K is dominated by ionic contribution and change of the conductivity mechanism.

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