Global Maxima of the Acousto-Optic Effect in CaWO4 Crystals |
| A.S. Andrushchak a, O.A. Buryya, N.M. Demyanyshyn b, Z.Yu. Hotra a and B.G. Mytsyk b
aLviv Polytechnic National University, Bandery Str. 12, Lviv, 79000, Ukraine bKarpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Naukova Str. 5, Lviv, 79060, Ukraine |
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| The global maxima of the acousto-optic interaction are theoretically determined for CaWO4 crystals by extreme surfaces method. As it is shown, the highest value of the acousto-optic figure of merit M2 is equal to 14.0× 10-15 s3/kg and achieved in the case of the diffraction of ordinary or extraordinary light beam on the slow quasi-transversal acoustic wave. At that the incident light wave propagates close to c-axis of the crystal and the corresponding acoustic wave propagates in the direction close to the perpendicular one. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.133.897 PACS numbers: 78.20.Fm, 78.20.Hp |