The primary goal of this review is to present a clear chemical perspective of borates in order
to stimulate and facilitate the discovery of new borate-based optical materials. These …

Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals serve as the pivotal core materials for laser frequency
conversion and play an indispensable role in various areas such as information technology …

Short-wavelength optical crystals are the key components of optical devices, but only a few
crystals can be used in practical applications. In recent years, the emergence of …

Deep ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials with excellent performances are
particularly important in laser technology. However, the conflict between large second …

Rare‐earth (RE) chalcogenides have been extensively studied as infrared nonlinear optical
(NLO) materials because of their nice integrated performances; however, very few RE …

The targeted synthesis of ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials with strong
second-harmonic generation (SHG) activity and wide transparency window remains a …

A novel optical thermometry strategy based on different temperature response from two sites
environment of Mn 2+ in K 7 ZnSc 2 B 15 O 30: Mn 2+ had been reported. The color tunable …

Combining multiple anions to design compounds with novel structures and excellent optical
properties has become a hot research field. In this paper, a novel nitrate oxyfluoride, Hg3O2 …

Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals can be employed to expand the laser frequency and thus
are of technical importance in advanced laser science. Noncentrosymmetric rare earth …

Designing second-order nonlinear-optical (NLO) materials with new structures is an
attractive topic. Here, a novel type of sulfide borate, Eu2B5O9S, and one of its derivatives …