Full Set Of Piezo-Optic And Elasto-Optic Coefficients Of Ca3taga3si2o14 Crystals At Room Temperature

The photoelasticity of the Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (CTGS) crystal was studied by an interferometric method based on a single-pass Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The maximum number of sample orientations for the piezo-optic experiments was applied to prove accuracy in the determination of the piezo-optic coefficients. Based on the matrices of the piezo-optic coefficients and the elastic stiffness coefficients, all the coefficients p(ik) of the elastic-optic matrix are calculated. For the highest p(ik) coefficient, the acousto-optic efficiency is evaluated. The results obtained for CTGS are compared with the corresponding results for La3Ga5SiO14 (langasite) crystals. The highest acousto-optic figure of merit of CTGS M-2 = 1.66 . 10(-15) s(3)/kg is two and three times higher, compared with langasite and strontium borate, respectively, which are often used for acousto-optic modulation of light in the ultraviolet spectral range. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America