“…For instance, L-arginine phosphate (LAP), a typical NLO semi-organic crystal, combines the advantages of both inorganic NLO crystals, e.g., high optical damage threshold, and of organic NLO crystals, such as considerable optical nonlinearity [3]. LAP belonging to KDP family crystals consists of alternating layers of the inorganic dihydrogen phosphate anionic groups, water molecules and the organic L-arginine molecules [(H 2 N) CNH(CH 2 ) 3 CH(NH 3 )COO] + , held together by plentiful hydrogen bonds [4]. The organic L-arginine molecule, the inorganic dihydrogen phosphate anionic group and the water molecules are all attributed to the NLO response of the crystal, but the major contribution is made by intrinsic optical nonlinearity of organic Larginine molecule and inorganic dihydrogen phosphate group [4].…”