Self-powdering and nonlinear optical domain structures in ferroelastic beta'-Gd{sub 2}(MoO{sub 4}){sub 3} crystals formed in glass
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka-cho, Nagaoka 940-2188 (Japan)
Ferroelastic beta'-Gd{sub 2}(MoO{sub 4}){sub 3}, (GMO), crystals are formed through the crystallization of 21.25Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3}-63.75MoO{sub 3}-15B{sub 2}O{sub 3} glass (mol%), and two scientific curious phenomena are observed. (1) GMO crystals formed in the crystallization break into small pieces with a triangular prism or pyramid shape having a length of 50-500 {mu}m spontaneously during the crystallizations in the inside of an electric furnace, not during the cooling in air after the crystallization. This phenomenon is called 'self-powdering phenomenon during crystallization' in this paper. (2) Each self-powdered GMO crystal grain shows a periodic domain structure with different refractive indices, and a spatially periodic second harmonic generation (SHG) depending on the domain structure is observed. It is proposed from polarized micro-Raman scattering spectra and the azimuthal dependence of second harmonic intensities that GMO crystals are oriented in each crystal grain and the orientation of (MoO{sub 4}){sup 2-} tetrahedra in GMO crystals changes periodically due to spontaneous strains in ferroelastic GMO crystals. - Graphical abstract: This figure shows the polarized optical photograph at room temperature for a particle (piece) obtained by a heat treatment of the glass at 590 deg. C for 2 h in an electric furnace in air. This particle was obtained through the self-powdering behavior in the crystallization of glass. The periodic domain structure is observed. Ferroelastic beta'-Gd{sub 2}(MoO{sub 4}){sub 3} crystals are formed in the particle, and second harmonic generations are detected, depending on the domain structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 21370550
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 182, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2009.06.009; PII: S0022-4596(09)00262-X; Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CRYSTALLIZATION
CRYSTALS
DOMAIN STRUCTURE
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HARMONIC GENERATION
HEAT TREATMENTS
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ORIENTATION
PERIODICITY
RAMAN EFFECT
REFRACTIVE INDEX
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STRAINS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
FREQUENCY MIXING
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
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RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
TEMPERATURE RANGE
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VARIATIONS