Potential optical functional crystals with large birefringence: Recent advances and future prospects

A Tudi, S Han, Z Yang, S Pan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO2] infinite chains

F Zhang, X Chen, M Zhang, W **, S Han… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Birefringent materials play indispensable roles in modulating the polarization of light and are
vital in the laser science and technology. Currently, the design of birefringent materials …

A solution-processable natural crystal with giant optical anisotropy for efficient manipulation of light polarization

Y Zhou, Z Guo, H Gu, Y Li, Y Song, S Liu, M Hong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optical anisotropy, a spatially asymmetric light–matter interaction that manifests itself as
birefringence and dichroism, is paramount for manipulating light polarization in modern …

Sn2PO4I: An Excellent Birefringent Material with Giant Optical Anisotropy in Non π‐Conjugated Phosphate

J Guo, A Tudi, S Han, Z Yang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring non π‐conjugated phosphate birefringent crystal with a large birefringence has
been a great challenge. Herein, based on the unique two‐dimensional layered structure in …

Designing an excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material for light polarization

X Chen, B Zhang, F Zhang, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Owing to their vital role in creating and controlling polarized light, birefringent materials are
used extensively in various advanced optical systems which in turn impact a large, rapidly …

Highly Birefringent d0 Transition Metal Fluoroantimonite in the Mid Infrared Band: Order–Disorder Regulation by Cationic Size

JH Wu, CL Hu, TK Jiang, JG Mao… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An unusual O/F ordered d0 transition metal fluoroantimonite, namely, K2SbMoO2F7, has
been created by the cationic size effect of alkali metals. It features the largest birefringence …

A hybrid halide lead-free pseudo-perovskite with large birefringence

W Huang, X Wu, B Ahmed, Y Li, Y Zhou… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Birefringent crystals have important applications in optoelectronics due to their ability to
modulate and polarize light. Hybrid halide perovskites were not considered as promising …

Giant optical anisotropy in a quasi-one-dimensional crystal

S Niu, G Joe, H Zhao, Y Zhou, T Orvis, H Huyan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Optical anisotropy is a fundamental building block for linear and nonlinear optical
components such as polarizers, wave plates, and phase-matching elements,,–. In solid …

A hybrid halide perovskite birefringent crystal

W Huang, X Zhang, Y Li, Y Zhou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Birefringent crystals that can modulate the polarization of light play a significant role in
modern optical devices including polarizing microscopes, optical isolators, and achromatic …

Hydroxyfluorooxoborate Na[B3O3F2(OH)2]⋅[B(OH)3]: Optimizing the Optical Anisotropy with Heteroanionic Units for Deep Ultraviolet Birefringent Crystals

C **, X Shi, H Zeng, S Han, Z Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Maximizing the optical anisotropy in birefringent materials has emerged as an efficient route
for modulating the polarization‐dependent light propagation. Currently, the generation of …