The invention discloses an intermediate infrared nonlinear optical crystal POC and a preparation method thereof, wherein the crystal POC is a molten compound, has a melting point of 526 DEG C, and belongs to an orthorhombic system, the space group is Fmm2(42), and the cell parameters comprise that a is 35.4963(14)angstrom, b is 5.8320(2)angstrom, c is 16.0912(6)angstrom, V is 3331.11angstrom<3>, and Z is 3. The preparation method comprises: putting uniformly mixed powder of PbCl2 and PbO into a crucible, heating, naturally cooling to a room temperature, taking out, and fully grinding to obtaina POC crystal material; putting the POC crystal material into a crucible, putting the crucible into a furnace, and heating the crystal furnace; adjusting the position of the crucible, completely andfully melting the crystal material in the crucible, descending a leading-down pipe, and carrying out crystal growth; and carrying out annealing treatment. According to the method of the invention, thevolatilization of PbO and PbCl2 is reduced, and the yield of the POC single crystal is greatly increased.