Photoelectrical properties of Tl1-xIn1-xSnxSe2 single crystalline alloys (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.25) grown using the Bridgman-Stockbarger method were studied. The temperature dependence of electrical and photoconductivity for the Tl1-xIn1-xSnxSe2 single crystals was explored. It has been established that photosensitivity of the Tl1-xIn1-xSnxSe2 single crystals increases with x. The spectral distribution of photocurrent in the wavelength spectral range 400-1000 nm has been investigated at various temperatures. Photoconductivity increases in all the studied crystals with temperature. Therefore, thermal activation of photoconductivity is caused by re-charging of the photoactive centers as the samples are heated. Based on our investigations, a model of center re-charging is proposed that explains the observed phenomena. X-ray photoelectron valence-band spectra for pristine and Ar(+)-ion irradiated surfaces of the Tl1-xIn1-xSnxSe2 single crystals have been measured. These results reveal that the Tl1-xIn1-xSnxSe2 single-crystal surface is sensitive to the Ar(+) ion irradiation that induced structural modification in the top surface layers. Comparison on a common energy scale of the X-ray emission Se Kβ2 bands representing energy distribution of the Se 4p-like states and the X-ray photoelectron valence-band spectra was done.

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As the starting point for a comprehensive theoretical investigation of the linear and nonlinear optical susceptibilities, we have used our experimental crystallographic data for Ag0.5Pb1.75GeS3Se (Ag2Pb7Ge4S12Se4) reported. The experimental crystallographic positions were optimized by minimizing the forces acting on each atom to get meaningful theoretical predictions of the optical properties. The linear optical susceptibilities are calculated. We find that the optical band gap shows very good agreement with our measured gap. The second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) susceptibilities dispersion namely the optical second harmonic generation (SHG) is calculated and compared with our experimental measurements. The microscopic first order hyperpolarizability, β123, vector component along the principal dipole moment directions for the χ((2))(123)(ω) component was obtained theoretically and compared with our measured values at different temperatures. The dependence of the two-photon absorption (TPA) for the pump-probing at SHG of the microsecond CO2 laser was measured. In addition we explored the linear electro-optical effect in these crystals. This effect is described by the third rank polar tensors similarly to the SHG. However, for the Pockels effect besides the electronic contribution, the phonon subsystem also begins to play a principal role. As a consequence we study the dispersion of the linear electro-optical effects in the mentioned crystals.

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