Recent advances in rational structure design for nonlinear optical crystals: leveraging advantageous templates

Z Yan, J Fan, S Pan, M Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals that can expand the spectral range of laser outputs have
attracted significant attention for their optoelectronic applications. The research progress …

Borates: A rich source for optical materials

M Mutailipu, KR Poeppelmeier, S Pan - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
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 …

Deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical crystals: concept development and materials discovery

L Kang, Z Lin - Light: Science & Applications, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Targeting the next generation of deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical materials: expanding from borates to borate fluorides to fluorooxoborates

M Mutailipu, M Zhang, Z Yang… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

Toward the ultraviolet (UV) or deep-UV nonlinear optical crystals: the combination of π-conjugated planar [XY3] and tetrahedral [XY4]

W Zhang, X Hou, S Han, S Pan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
As the critical devices in laser science and technology, nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals can
expand the wavelength to the ultraviolet (UV), or deep-ultraviolet (DUV) region. Generally …

Emergent deep‐ultraviolet nonlinear optical candidates

M Mutailipu, S Pan - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in the generation of coherent lasers at wavelengths below 200 nm as well as the
associated equipment and technologies have greatly spurred the development of nonlinear …

Realizing deep-ultraviolet second harmonic generation by first-principles-guided materials exploration in hydroxyborates

P Gong, L Kang, Z Lin - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aimed to realize deep-ultraviolet (DUV, λ< 200 nm) second harmonic generation (SHG),
herein we systematically investigate the scheme for screening DUV nonlinear optical (NLO) …

LiB2O3F: A Beryllium-Free Deep-Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Material Designed Based on a Boron-Rich Strategy

CL Hu, J Chen, Z Fang, RL Tang, JG Mao - Chemistry of Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Exploring practical deep-ultraviolet (DUV) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials is still urgently
required and severely challenging. Starting from an ideal hexagonal (BO)∞ layered …

Spatial Frequency Manipulation of a Quartz Crystal for Phase‐Matched Second‐Harmonic Vacuum Ultraviolet Generation

M Shao, F Liang, Z Zhang, H Yu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Second harmonic generation (SHG) is the nonlinear response of electrons to high‐intensity
light and has been successfully applied in basic scientific research and modern …

A vacuum ultraviolet laser with a submicrometer spot for spatially resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Y Mao, D Zhao, S Yan, H Zhang, J Li, K Han… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) lasers have demonstrated great potential as the light source for
various spectroscopies, which, if they can be focused into a small beam spot, will not only …