Piezooptic effect
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The piezooptic effect is manifest as a change in refractive index, n, of a material caused by a change in pressure on that material. Early demonstrations of the piezooptic effect were done on liquids.[1] The effect has since been demonstrated in solid, crystalline materials.[2][3][4]
References
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- ^ Sveleba, S. A.; Polovinko, I. I.; Bublyk, M. I.; Kapustianik, V. B.; Krochuk, A. S. (1 September 1995). "Peculiarities of the Piezooptic Effect in Incommensurate Crystals". Physica Status Solidi B. 191 (1). Wiley: 227–234. doi:10.1002/pssb.2221910124. ISSN 0370-1972.
- ^ Mytsyk, Bogdan G.; Andrushchak, Anatoliy S.; Demyanyshyn, Nataliya M.; Kost', Yaroslav P.; Kityk, Andriy V.; Mandracci, Pietro; Schranz, Wilfried (25 March 2009). "Piezo-optic coefficients of MgO-doped LiNbO3 crystals". Applied Optics. 48 (10). The Optical Society: 1904–1911. doi:10.1364/ao.48.001904. ISSN 0003-6935.
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