Dauphiné twin observation in quartz using piezo or electro-optic effects

G. Dolino

The influence of twinning in quartz on the piezooptic and the electrooptic tensors is examined from the point of view of symmetry. Since some tensor coefflcients change their sign with twinning one can make observations of twins using thèse effects. Several experimental dispositions using uniaxial stress or an electric field are discussed and experimental results are presented for Dauphiné twins, which are not visible by ordinary optical methods.

Keywords: electro optical effects; piezo optical effects; quartz; twinning; piezooptical effects; electrooptical effects; Dauphine twin

Domains: Physics archives

G. Dolino. Dauphiné twin observation in quartz using piezo or electro-optic effects. Revue de Physique Appliquée, 1975, 10 (6), pp.433-436. ⟨10.1051/rphysap:01975001006043300⟩. ⟨jpa-00243942⟩