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Ye Tao1,2, Xiaohui Zhang1, Chenglong Xu1
1State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
Abstract:
The development of high-performance deep-ultraviolet (deep-UV) second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals that simultaneously combine noncentrosymmetric crystal structure, broad transparency, strong second-harmonic generation (SHG) activity, and high thermal and chemical stability remains a formidable challenge due to intrinsic trade-offs among these properties. Herein, we present a multicomponent structural design strategy that enables the rational synthesis of a new KBe2BO3F2 (KBBF)-like rubidium lanthanum sulfate, RbLa(SO4)2. In this crystal, the highly polarizable [LaO10] unit substitutes for [BeO3F] to enhance polarization, the non-π-conjugated [SO4] group replaces [BO3] to maximize the SHG response, and the alkali metal Rb+ cation improves optical transparency and structural robustness. Consequently, RbLa(SO4)2 exhibits excellent deep-UV transparency, featuring an absorption cutoff below 190 nm, along with pronounced SHG responses about 120 times that of Y-cut quartz at 880 nm and 1.5 times stronger than that of KH2PO4 at 1064 nm. Moreover, the crystal shows exceptional thermal stability, maintaining structural integrity up to 1000 °C, making it among the most thermally robust NLO sulfates reported to date. Experimental and theoretical analyses reveal that the synergistic alignment of polarizable [LaO10] polyhedra and [SO4] tetrahedra underpins their high NLO performance. This study provides a promising design paradigm for rare earth sulfate-based deep-UV NLO crystals.
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