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Elastic and photoelastic properties of KY(WO4)2 single crystals

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The complete elastic modulus matrix of a KY(WO4)2 single crystal has been determined for the first time using sound velocities measured in different directions of the crystal by a pulse-echo method. We have studied the entire isotropic part of the elasto-optic modulus matrix of KY(WO4)2 and identified high acousto-optic coupling efficiency directions. Calculated sound velocities in the three main crystallographic planes demonstrate that there are directions with considerable group velocity dispersion.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Physicotechnical and Radio Engineering Measurements, Mendeleevo, Solnechnogorskii raion, Moscow oblast, 141570, Russia

    M. M. Mazur & L. I. Mazur

  2. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    F. A. Kuznetsov & A. A. Pavlyuk

  3. Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Butlerova, 15, Moscow, 117342, Russia

    V. I. Pustovoit

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Original Russian Text © M.M. Mazur, F.A. Kuznetsov, L.I. Mazur, A.A. Pavlyuk, V.I. Pustovoit, 2012, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 74–80.

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Mazur, M.M., Kuznetsov, F.A., Mazur, L.I. et al. Elastic and photoelastic properties of KY(WO4)2 single crystals. Inorg Mater 48, 67–73 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168511120120

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