Abstract
Complete matrices of piezo-optic and elasto-optic tensors are experimentally determined for crystals. It is revealed that the piezo-optic coefficients are very high, in the order of magnitude. This implies that can be referred to the best piezo-optic materials. The same concerns the elasto-optic coefficients, of which absolute values are in the interval 0.28–0.54. It is also found that, at the anisotropic and isotropic interactions with the slowest transverse and longitudinal acoustic waves, the acousto-optic figure of merit reaches extremely high values ( and , respectively). In other words, the crystals can be referred to as one of the best acousto-optic materials for the visible and infrared spectral ranges.
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