ABSTRACT
Four new noncentrosymmetric tellurites of quaternary A/M/Te/O (A = Ba, Sr, Ca; M = V, Nb, Ta) system, namely, BaTa4Te3O17 (1), BaNb4Te3O17 (2), SrTa4Te3O17 (3), and CaV2TeO8 (4), were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and powder second harmonic generation (SHG) response measurements. The isostructural compounds 1-3 crystallize in the P212121 space group and have a three-dimensional (Ta4Te3O17)2-/(Nb4Te3O17)2- anionic framework, whereas the layered compound 4 crystallizes in the Ccc2 space group and has a [V2TeO8]2- anionic layer. The phase-matching compounds 1, 2, and 3 and the non-phase-matching compound 4 show powder SHG responses equivalent to â¼27, â¼13, â¼24, and â¼68% of that of LiNbO3, respectively.
