Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics 


Number  4, Volume  2,  2001

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Pressure behaviour of the birefringence in Sn2P2(S1-xSex)6 crystals in the vicinity of the Lipshitz point  
Guranich P.P., Kabal R.V., Slivka A.G., Gerzanich E.I.

Uzhhorod National University, Faculty of Physics, 32 Voloshyn St., Uzhhorod, 88000

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The temperature dependences of the birefringence of Sn2P2(S1-xSex)6 ferroelectric crystals with x=0; 0.1 and 0.2 at high hydrostatic pressures (to 0.4 GPa) have been investigated. On the base of the analysis of the birefringence behaviour in the region of the phase transition the b critical exponent of the order parameter and the a thermal capacity have been determined. The pressure dependences for investigation of crystals in the vicinity of the Lifshitz point have been built.

Keywords: birefringence, ferroelectrics, phase transitions, hydrostatic pressure

doi 10.3116/16091833/2/4/179/2001

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