Linear electro-optic effect and temperature coefficient of birefringence in 4-nitro–4′-methylbenzylidene aniline single crystals
- 15 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 71 (4) , 2012-2014
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.351140
Abstract
A study of the linear electro-optic effect in single crystals of the organic compound, 4-nitro–4′-methylbenzylidene aniline is reported. The reduced half-wave voltages have been found to have values 2.8, 1.3, and 1.1 kV at 632.8, 514.5, and 488.0 nm, respectively and the corresponding values of the largest linear electro-optic coefficient have been calculated. The thermal variation of the birefringence has also been investigated and the temperature variation of the refractive index difference is found to have the value, dΔn/dT = 15.8 × 10−5 K−1.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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