Birefringence and optical activity of cadmium diarsenide single crystals

S. F. Marenkin; A. M. Rauckhman; I. N. Matiyuk; V. B. Lazarev

doi:10.1117/12.177524

1 September 1994 Birefringence and optical activity of cadmium diarsenide single crystals

S. F. Marenkin, A. M. Rauckhman, I. N. Matiyuk, V. B. Lazarev

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 9, (September 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177524

Abstract

Optical-quality bulk single crystals of CdAs₂ were grown using the vertical Bridgman technique. Measurement of dispersion of the refractive indices, performed over the 1.2 to 25-μm range of wavelengths, show that they are optically positive and have a great birefringence value, Δn~0.31. Study of optical constant dispersion (ρ) at λ = 1.1 to 2.7 μm demonstrates that CdAs₂ single crystals belong to gyrotropic semiconductors with a right-hand rotation of the polarization plane; the p values reach 180 deg/mm at 1.1 μm.

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S. F. Marenkin, A. M. Rauckhman, I. N. Matiyuk, and V. B. Lazarev "Birefringence and optical activity of cadmium diarsenide single crystals," Optical Engineering 33(9), (1 September 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177524

Published: 1 September 1994

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