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Growth of lithium formate crystals and their electro-optic properties

A. L. Aleksandrovskii, A. N. Izrailenko, L. N. Rashkovich


Abstract: A study was made of the crystallization, morphology, and some defects of lithium formate. An interference method was employed in the determination of all the piezoelectric and linear electro-optic constants. The permittivities were also determined. The temperature of dehydration in a dry medium was found and the changes in the permittivity ε and loss-angle tangent tan δ during heating were measured. Lithium formate was found to be five times as effective as KDP crystals in simultaneous doubling of the emission frequency and Q switching of a laser emitting at λ=1.06 μ.

UDC: 548.0:537.226

PACS: 42.70.Mp, 78.20.Jq, 42.60.Gd, 77.22.Ch, 61.72.Qq

Received: 14.01.1974

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1974, 4:5, 699–700