Piezooptic effect

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

  1. ↑ Vedam, K., and Limsuwan, P., Piezo-optic Behavior of Water and Carbon Tetrachloride under High Pressure, Phys. Rev. Lett., 13 October 1975, 35(15):1014-16
  2. ↑ Sveleba, et al., Peculiarities of the Piezooptic Effect in Incommensurate Crystals, 15 Feb 2006, Physica Status Solidi (b), 191(1):227-34
  3. ↑ Mytsyk, B., et al., Piezo-optic coefficients of MgO-doped LiNbO3 crystals, 2009, Applied Optics, 48(10):1904-11
  4. ↑ Baina, A. K., Piezooptic Dispersion of Li2Ge7015 Crystals, 2008, Ferroelectrics, 366(1):16-21