Vol. 33, Issue 2-3, pp. 345-357 (2003)
Keywords
beta barium borate crystals, piezo- and elastooptic effect, two-fold measurement method, acustooptic material
Abstract
The single crystals of the beta barium borate were grown by the top-seeded solution method. For these crystals all the components of piezooptic effect tensor were determined by a two-fold measurement method. Based on this method some magnitudes of elastic compliance coefficients were fixed. The magnitudes and signs of all elastooptic coefficients were also calculated, acoustic quality parameter was analysed and the possibility of using the beta barium borate crystals as perspective acoustooptic material was discussed.