Perspectives in Nonlinear Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our upcoming Special Issue, entitled "Perspectives in Nonlinear Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications".
This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge research and comprehensive reviews in the field of nonlinear optical crystals. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Fundamental properties of nonlinear optical crystals;
- Crystal growth techniques and characterization;
- Applications in laser technology, optical communication, and quantum optics;
- Recent advances in nonlinear optical materials.
This Special Issue will be widely disseminated, exhibiting your work to a broad audience of researchers, academics, and industry professionals. We welcome the following:
- Original Research: Innovations in material design (e.g., defect engineering, phase-selective synthesis).
- Reviews: Critical analyses of challenges in scalability, stability, and interfacial charge transfer.
- Device Studies: Photodetectors with ultrahigh responsivity (>10⁴ A/W) or photocatalysts with >90% quantum efficiency.
- Theoretical Work: Computational modeling of exciton dynamics, carrier mobility, and heterostructure interfaces.
Dr. Bingxuan Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nonlinear optical effects
- frequency conversion
- second harmonic generation
- optical parametric oscillation
- quantum optics
- optical communication
- laser material processing
- crystal growth techniques
- optical modulation
- ultrafast laser technology
- deep UV and mid-IR applications
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