A Facile Route to Nonlinear Optical Materials: Three‐Site Aliovalent Substitution Involving One Cation and Two Anions

Trading places: Two new nonlinear optical materials, α‐ and β‐Ba₂[GaF₄(IO₃)₂](IO₃) (1 and 2), were designed via three‐site aliovalent substitution of VO₄F₂ in α‐ and β‐Ba₂[VO₂F₂(IO₃)₂](IO₃) by GaO₂F₄. The new materials display large second‐harmonic generation responses (≈6×KH₂PO₄ (KDP)), wide energy band gaps (4.61 and 4.35 eV), and high laser damage thresholds (29.7× and 28.3× relative to that of AgGaS₂).

Abstract

Two mixed‐metal gallium iodate fluorides, namely, α‐ and β‐Ba₂[GaF₄(IO₃)₂](IO₃) (1 and 2), have been designed by the aliovalent substitutions of α‐ and β‐Ba₂[VO₂F₂(IO₃)₂](IO₃) (3 and 4) involving one cationic and two anionic sites. Both 1 and 2 display large second‐harmonic generation responses (≈6×KH₂PO₄ (KDP)), large energy band gaps (4.61 and 4.35 eV), wide transmittance ranges (≈0.27–12.5 μm), and high relevant laser‐induced damage thresholds (29.7× and 28.3×AgGaS₂, respectively), which indicates that 1 and 2 are potential second‐order nonlinear optical materials in the ultraviolet to mid‐infrared. Our studies propose that three‐site aliovalent substitution is a facile route for the discovery of good NLO materials.

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