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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance And Optical Absorption Study Of Acceptors In Cdsip2 Crystals, Elizabeth M. Scherrer [*], Larry E. Halliburton, Eric M. Golden, Kevin T. Zawilski, Peter G. Schunemann, F. Kenneth Hopkins, Kent L. Averett, Nancy C. Giles

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Cadmium silicon diphosphide (CdSiP₂) is a nonlinear material often used in optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) to produce tunable laser output in the mid-infrared. Absorption bands associated with donors and acceptors may overlap the pump wavelength and adversely affect the performance of these OPOs. In the present investigation, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) is used to identify two unintentionally present acceptors in large CdSiP₂ crystals. These are an intrinsic silicon-on-phosphorus antisite and a copper impurity substituting for cadmium. When exposed to 633 µm laser light at temperatures near or below 80 K, they convert to their neutral paramagnetic charge …