Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials are used to convert the coherent, monochromatic light of lasers to other desirable wavelengths in the deep-ultraviolet (DUV), ultraviolet (UV), visible (Vis), infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) regimes. The conversion occurs via a number of up- and down-conversion processes, such as second harmonic generation (SHG) and difference-frequency generation (DFG), most of which were discovered in the 1960s. NLO devices are used in medical, industrial, environmental and homeland security sectors. Some applications include communication systems, medical diagnostic and monitoring equipment, state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation and laser processing.
Guest editors:
Prof. Kang Min Ok
Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Korea
Email: kmok@sogang.ac.kr
Prof. Shilie Pan
Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Email: slpan@ms.xjb.ac.cn
Prof. Jiyong Yao
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Email: jyao@mail.ipc.ac.cn
Overseeing Editor:
Prof. Jennifer A. Aitken
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, United States
Email: JALCOM@duq.edu
Special issue information:
Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials are used to convert the coherent, monochromatic light of lasers to other desirable wavelengths in the deep-ultraviolet (DUV), ultraviolet (UV), visible (Vis), infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) regimes. The conversion occurs via a number of up- and down-conversion processes, such as second harmonic generation (SHG) and difference-frequency generation (DFG), most of which were discovered in the 1960s. NLO devices are used in medical, industrial, environmental and homeland security sectors. Some applications include communication systems, medical diagnostic and monitoring equipment, state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation and laser processing.
The heart of any frequency conversion system is the NLO crystal, which is also usually the limiting factor in terms of efficiency, usable wavelength, and power of the resulting device. Therefore, a fierce pursuit is currently underway across the globe to identify new NLO crystal candidates possessing ideal combinations of desirable attributes, such as proper phase matching, high transparency in the region of intended use, large laser-induced damage threshold, high NLO coefficients, and the ability to be grown as large, crack-free single crystals, to name a few. These investigations reveal a rich structural chemistry among a plethora of compound classes, including aluminates, arsenates, borates, fluorooxoborates, carbides, carbonates, halides, nitrates, nitrides, oxides, oxohalides, phosphates, chalcogenides, pnictides, and stannides, as well as others.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the progress and diversity of current state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical investigations toward finding improved, next-generation NLO materials. Potential topics to be considered include, but are not limited to:
- Synthesis and characterization of next-generation candidate NLO materials?;
- Crystal growth and properties of NLO materials;
- Structure-property relationships in NLO materials?;
- First-principles and computational approaches towards understanding and predicting NLO properties;
- Development of predictive methods for finding improved NLO compounds;
- Novel approaches for characterization of NLO materials.
Manuscript submission information:
This special issue solicits original work that must not be under consideration in any other journal.
Initial submission to this special issue will begin August 15, 2021 and will continue until November 15, 2021. Please submit your manuscript before the submission deadline.
Authors should consult the Journal of Alloys and Compounds website to ensure that their submission falls within the general scope of the journal before submitting their contribution. (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-alloys-and-compounds).
Authors should follow the Journal of Alloys and Compounds’ Guide for authors in preparing manuscripts (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-alloys-and-compounds/0925-8388/guide-for-authors).
To submit a manuscript, authors need not be invited and must select “New NLO Materials” as the article type during the submission process.
All submissions deemed suitable will undergo the usual peer-review processes (review by at least two independent reviewers) and be held to the high standards of Journal of Alloys and Compounds. An invitation to submit a manuscript for this special issue does not guarantee publication. Note that the latest (2020) impact factor for Journal of Alloys and Compounds has increased to 5.316.
Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue. Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issues of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special Issue articles.
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