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 …

Conspectus Coherent light radiation down to the deep-ultraviolet spectral range (λ< 200 nm)
produced by common laser sources is extensively used in diverse fields ranging from …

Discovery of new efficient nonlinear optical (NLO) materials with large second‐order
nonlinearity for the short‐wave ultraviolet spectral region (λPM≤ 266 nm, PM= phase …

Polarization modulation of deep‐UV light is of significance to current technologies, and to
this end, the birefringent crystal has emerged as an invaluable material as it allows for …

Borate crystals can be chemically and functionally modified by the fluorination strategy,
which encourages the identification of emerging fluorooxoborates with a structure and set of …

The generated light can be tuned to cover almost the entire spectral range from deep‐
ultraviolet to terahertz wavelengths by utilizing the nonlinear optical crystals with a simple …

Maximizing the optical anisotropy in birefringent materials has emerged as an efficient route
for modulating the polarization‐dependent light propagation. Currently, the generation of …

Exploration of nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals that are competent in generating short-
wavelength ultraviolet (UV, λ≤ 266 nm, and even deep-UV, λ≤ 200 nm) coherent light …

Understanding and exploring the functional modules (FMs) consisting of local atomic groups
can promote the development of the materials with functional performances. Oxygen …

Ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals which can produce short‐wavelength lasers
via a direct second harmonic generation (SHG) process are of great importance in modern …