Crystal Research and Technology
Cryst. Res. Technol. 38, 202 (2003) - Abstract -

Some unmeasured crystal properties

R. E. Raab

School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Natal, P. B. X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa

Keywords    Jones birefringence, non-reciprocal birefringence, magneto-electric effect, Post constraint

The subject of this paper is three macroscopic properties of crystals: Jones birefringence, non-reciprocal linear birefringence along a cube edge in certain magnetic cubic crystals, and the static magneto-electric coefficient of magnetic cubic crystals which exhibit this effect. As each of these properties has a particular theoretical interest, and as they remain, as yet, unmeasured, a background account is presented of each, together with the theory, in multipole form, of experiments which would allow the three properties to be measured.




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