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Phosphates are ideal candidates in the search for deep ultraviolet (DUV) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials due to their wide DUV transmission. However, the small optical anisotropy of the highly symmetric [PO4]3- tetrahedron hinders phase matching (PM) in the DUV wavelength range. In this work, the polar tetrahedron [PO2(NHCONH2)2]−, which combines the π-conjugated urea unit and the non-π-conjugated [PO4]3- unit via covalent bonds, is proposed as a new DUV NLO-active unit. [PO2(NHCONH2)2]− tetrahedron exhibits greatly improved polarizability, anisotropy, and hyperpolarizability while maintaining a large highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital gap. Accordingly, two DUV transparent alkali metal N, N-bis(aminocarbonyl)-phosphorodiamidates [A[PO2(NHCONH2)2] (A = K, Rb)] are screened out, and their nonlinear properties are systematically evaluated by first-principles methods. The results show that K[PO2(NHCONH2)2] (KPOU) achieves significant enhancements in multiple properties compared to the existing phosphate DUV NLO materials, including a strong SHG effect (3.44 × KDP) and the largest birefringence (0.088@532 nm) for DUV PM. Moreover, the shortest PM wavelength (λPM) of KPOU is 196 nm, making it a promising DUV NLO candidate for practical applications. This work proposes an excellent NLO-active unit and offers a new direction for exploring novel high-performance DUV NLO materials. © 2024 American Chemical Society.
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Chemistry of Materials
ISSN: 0897-4756
Year: 2024
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Page: 2985-2992
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