Citation
P. Kerkoc et al., Molecular crystals for applications in acousto-optics, J PHYS D, 32(20), 1999, pp. L97-L99
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00223727
→ ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
20
Year of publication
1999
Pages
L97 - L99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3727(19991021)32:20<L97:MCFAIA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
An assessment of the acousto-optic figure of merit, M, was performed for th
e highly-polar non-centrosymmetric crystal, (-) 2-alpha-(methylbenzylamino)
-5-nitropyridine Its estimated value is as large as 1.3 x 10(-13) s(3) kg(-
1) at an ultrasound frequency of 15.4 MHz with light of wavelength 632.8 nm
. This value is about four times as large as that of the widely used inorga
nic crystal, PbMoO4.