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 …

Birefringence is one of key performance for optical functional crystals owing to their
indispensable role in angle phase-matching or adjusting the polarization of light. In the past …

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 …

Deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical (DUV NLO) crystals are indispensable for solid-state
lasers to produce coherent light with wavelengths shorter than 200 nm, yet their structure …

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 …

Deep-ultraviolet (DUV, wavelength λ< 200 nm) nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal is the core
component of frequency conversion to generate DUV laser, which plays an important role in …

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 …

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 …

Discovering new functional genes, designing perfect crystal structures, and developing high‐
performance materials are the goals being pursued by scientists. Herein, the first antimony …

Noncentrosymmetric (NCS) structures are of particular interest owing to their symmetry-
dependent physical properties, eg, pyroelectricity, ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, and …