Study of the Optical Activity of Ferroelectric Lead Germanate |
| O.G. Vlokh, O.S. Kushnir and Y.I. Shopa Physics Deptartment, Lviv State University, Lomonosowa st. 8, 290005 Lviv, Ukraine |
| Received: September 27, 1991; revised version: February 7, 1992 |
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| A new optical method for measuring the optical activity of crystals is developed. Temperature dependence of gyration component g11 of ferroelectric lead germanate is measured. The obtained results confirm that lead germanate may be considered as a gyroelectric crystal. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.81.571 PACS numbers: 77.80.-e |