Dielectric properties of a polar ZnSnO3 with LiNbO3-type structure

The dielectric properties of a polar LiNbO3-type ZnSnO3 synthesized under high-pressure have been investigated with respect to the dielectric permittivity in the relative low frequency range of 10 kHz to 1 MHz and the SHG response at an optical frequency. The small temperature dependence of dielectric permittivity without anomaly was observed in the temperature range of 300 K to 780 K. LiNbO3-type ZnSnO3 exhibits the maximum SHG efficiency of approximately 50 times that of quartz. We then compare the structure and SHG response with those of iso-structural LiNbO3 and other known LiNbO3-type oxides. It was found that the magnitude of SHG response is correlated to the magnitude of intra-octahedral distortion, which is effectively brought by the second-order Jahn-Teller effect. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.