Abstract
π-Conjugated-group systems are fascinating and have been pursued for nonlinear materials owing to their superior optical and electronic properties, but are so far quite limited. Here, we report a new ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear-optical (NLO) beryllium borate crystal PbBe2B2O6 that manifests an unprecedented π-π interacting BeBO5 group, constructed by interconnected π-conjugated BeO3 and BO3 units. The PbBe2B2O6 crystal has a short UV cutoff wavelength of 249 nm, phase-matching behavior in the whole transmission region from UV to IR light region (249-3166 nm), and remarkably the largest NLO effect (18.5 × KDP) among the π-conjugated UV NLO crystal materials. Theoretical calculation unravels that the highly NLO-active BeBO5 group has strong π-π interactions. This work offers an innovative source of BeO3-participating NLO materials and expands the frontier of NLO research.
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