Conspectus Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, producing coherent light by the
cascaded frequency conversion, are current hot topics in material chemistry and optics, as …

Discovering novel sulfate optical materials with strong second‐harmonic generation (SHG)
and large birefringence is confronted by a great challenge attributed to the intrinsically weak …

A novel noncentrosymmetric (NCS) polar fluoride sulfate, CsSbF2SO4, was obtained by
ionothermal synthesis. A meticulously designed co‐substitution approach was used to …

Ultraviolet nonlinear optical (NLO) materials with large conversion efficiency and sufficient
birefringence are highly valuable as they are the core component of laser conversion …

The precision of array of laser applications and manipulation on smaller scales are limited
by the so-called 200 nm wall, and breakthroughs rely on the discovery of new materials with …

Natural minerals, with their adaptable framework structures exemplified by perovskite and
lyonsite, have sparked substantial interest as potential templates for the design of advanced …

The non-π-conjugated sulfate system has long been overlooked as potential deep-UV
nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. Here we report two asymmetric anhydrous sulfates …

Deep-UV nonlinear optical (NLO) materials have attracted much academic and technical
attention due to their capability of producing coherent light of wavelengths below 200 nm. As …

To design high‐performance mid‐infrared (mid‐IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, we
have focused on the combination of a heavy metal lone pair cation, Pb2+ and mixed …

Over the last few decades, the development of each new nonlinear optical (NLO)‐active
functional unit has led to the discoveries of a series of excellent NLO materials. In the …