LITHIUM THIOINDATE LiInS2 (LIS)

Chemical formula: LiInS2
Symmetry: Pna21
Density (g/cm3): 3.46
Mohs hardness: 4
Transparency range (μm): 0.34 – 13.2
Optical damage threshold (MW/cm2): 40 (1064 nm, 14 ns)
Refractive index: nx=2.1305, ny=2.1668, nz=2.1745 (1064 нм), nx=2.2353, ny=2.2841, nz=2.2919 (532 nm)
Nonlinear coefficients (pm/V): d31 = 7.25, d24= 5.66 @2.3 μm
Surface quality: 30/20 (scratch/dig)
Flatness: λ/4 (546 nm)
Parallelism: < 40”

1. Isaenko L., Vasilyeva I., Yelisseyev A., Lobanov S., Malakhov V., Dovlitova L., Zondy J.-J., Kavun I. Growth and characterization of LiInS2 single crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth 218 (2000) 313-322
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024800005650?via%3Dihub

2. Knippels G.M.H., van der Meer A.F.G., MacLeod A.M., Yelisseyev A., Isaenko L., Lobanov S., Thenot I., Zondy J.-J. Mid-IR (2.75-6.0 microns) second-harmonic generation in LiInS2 Optics Letters 26 (2001) 617-619
https://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-26-9-617&origin=search

3. Rotermund F., Petrov V., Noack F., Isaenko L., Yelisseyev A., Lobanov S. Optical parametric generation of femtosecond pulses up to 9 micron with LiInS2 pumped at 800 nm. Applied Physics Letters 78 (2001) 2623-2625
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1369386

4. Bidault O., Fossier S., Mangin J., Strimer P., Yelisseyev A, Isaenko L., Lobanov S. Study of the peroelectricity in LiInS2 crystals. Solid State Communications 121 (2002) 207-211
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038109801004859

5. Isaenko L., Yellisseev A., Lobanov S., Petrov V. Zondy J.J., Knippels G.H.M. LiInS2: a new nonlinear crystal for the mid-IR. Journal of Material Science in Semiconducting Processing 4 (2002) 665-668
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369800102000392

6. S. Fossier, S. Salaun, J. Mangin, O. Bidault, I. Trenot, J.-J. Zondy, W. Chen, F. Rotermund, V. Petrov, P. Petrov, J. Henningsen, A. Yelisseyev, L. Isaenko, S. Lobanov, O. Balachninaite, G. Slekys, V. Sirutkaitis. Optical, vibrational, thermal, damage and phase-matching properties of lithium thioindate. JOSA B 21 (2004) 1981 – 2007
https://opg.optica.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab-21-11-1981

7. L. Isaenko, I. Vasilyeva, A. Merkulov, A. Yelisseyev, S. Lobanov. Growth of new nonlinear crystals LiMX2 (M=Al, In, Ga; X=S, Se, Te) for the mid-IR optics. Journal of Crystal Growth 275 (2005) 217–223
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024804014034

8. W. Chen, E. Poullet, J. Burie, D. Boucher, M. W. Sigrist, J.-J. Zondy, L. Isaenko, A. Yelisseyev, S. Lobanov. Widely tunable continious-wave mid-IR radiation (5.5-11 µm) by difference frequency generation in LiInS2 crystal. Applied Optics 44 (2005) 4123-4129
https://opg.optica.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-44-19-4123

9. L. Isaenko, A. Yelisseyev, S. Lobanov, P. Krinitsin, V. Petrov, J.-J. Zondy. Ternary chalcogenides LiBC2 (B = In, Ga; C= S, Se, Te) for mid-IR nonlinear optics. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 353 (2006) 2439-2443
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022309306005187?via%3Dihub

10. J-J. Zondy, V. Petrov, A. Yelisseyev, L. Isaenko, S. Lobanov. “Orthorhombic crystals of lithium thioindate and selenoindate for nonlinear optics in the mid-IR” ” in Springer -Verlag Book “Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources and Application” 2007, Springer, Series B: Physics and Biophysics, Eds.: Majid Ebrahimzadeh and Irina Sorokina, pp. 67-104.

11. L.I. Isaenko, A.P. Yelisseyev. Recent study of nonlinear crystals for the mid IR. Semiconductor Science and Technology 31 (2016) 123001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/31/12/123001

12. Valeri A. Drebushchak, Ludmila I. Isaenko, Sergey I. Lobanov, Pavel G. Krinitsin, Sergey A. Grazhdannikov. Experimental heat capacity of LiInS2, LiInSe2, LiGaS2, LiGaSe2 and LiGaTe2 from 180 to 460 K. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 129 (2017) 103-108
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-017-6176-9

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