作者从无机材料、有机材料、高分子材料、无机／有机复合材料、金属有机材料５个方面对非 线性光学材料进行了分类综述，介绍了非线性光学材料的发展历程；讨论了它们的非光学性质、特点。(The author from the 5 aspects of inorganic materials, organic materials, polymer materials, inorganic / organic composite materials, metal organic materials were reviewed in the paper on the nonlinear optical materials, introduces the development of nonlinear optical materials; discusses the optical properties and their characteristics.)