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Single crystals of KTi1 − x Hf x OPO4 (x = 0.015(2), 0.035(1), and 0.128(1) are reinvestigated by precision X-ray diffraction at room temperature. It is found that the implantation of hafnium atoms in the crystal structure of KTiOPO4 does not lead to significant changes in the framework and affects only the positions of the potassium atoms in the channel. Our studies reveal the displacements of the potassium atoms from their main and additional positions in the structure of pure KTP in all three structures studied. The largest displacements from the K1′ and K1″ additional positions are observed in the structure with x = 0.035. At this hafnium concentration, the occupancy of the main positions of potassium atoms decreases and the occupancy of the additional positions increases in relation to those in KTP. This redistribution of potassium atoms enhances the nonuniformity of distribution of the electron density in the vicinity of their positions, which is probably responsible for the increase in the nonlinear susceptibility of KTP crystals that contain 3.5% hafnium in relation to crystals of pure KTP.
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Original Russian Text © N.E. Novikova, I.A. Verin, N.I. Sorokina, O.A. Alekseeva, E.I. Orlova, V.I. Voronkova, 2011, published in Kristallografiya, 2011, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 445–453.
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Novikova, N.E., Verin, I.A., Sorokina, N.I. et al. X-Ray diffraction study of KTiOPO4 single crystals doped with hafnium. Crystallogr. Rep. 56, 411–419 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774511030217
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