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Ladislav Bohatý, J. Liebertz

Electro-optic and electrostrictive properties of the low-temperature phase
of barium borate BaB₂O₄

Keywords: Electro-optics, Electrostriction

All components of the linear electro-optic tensor [r^σ_ijk] (unclamped) of low-temperature BaB₂O₄ and the liner electrostrictive tensor [d_ijk] were determined (T= 293 K; λ= 633 nm). In its electro-optic and electrostrictive behaviour low-temperature BaB₂O₄ resembles the tetraborates Li₂B₄O₇ and PbB₄O₇. The maximum value of the longitudinal and transversal electro-optic effects is only one fourth of that in KDP. This reduces the importance of BaB₂O₄ for electro-optic applications.

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0044-2968
Volume: 192, 01/1990
Pages: 091 - 095

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