Materials with large birefringence (Δ n) are highly needed by fiber-optic isolators, whereas
crystals showing strong second-order harmonic generation (SHG) are the key component for …

Optical crystalline materials, particularly for linear birefringent crystals and non-linear optical
(NLO) crystal materials, play an incredible role in opto-electronics, laser industry and …

Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal, which simultaneously exhibits strong second‐harmonic‐
generation (SHG) response and desired optical anisotropy, is a core optical material …

A novel mixed alkali hydro-isocyanurate, KLi (HC3N3O3)· 2H2O was first prepared in AOH-
BOH-H3C3N3O3 (A/B= Li/Na/K/Rb/Cs) system via a solvent-drop grinding method. KLi …

Molecular construction using good optically active microscopic units is vital to efficiently
explore good nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, a type of important optoelectronic functional …

Common nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals consist of traditional functional building blocks
with inherent optical limitation. Herein, inspired by traditional (B3O6) 3− inorganic building …

The delocalized π-conjugated units are considered as an advantageous gene for improving
the optical nonlinearity of acentric crystals. For the first time, we synthesized a new acentric …

Demands for UV birefringent materials are growing dramatically owing to the rapid
development of ultraviolet technology. Here, a new family of UV birefringent materials …

With the development of laser technology, nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals with optimal
performance are urgently required. Finding new NLO-active units is necessary to expand the …

Computational modeling reveals that, by substitutional modification of interplanar dihedral
angles in a series of quinopyrans, both the optical absorption cross section and the first …