Allowance for the Imperfection of the Spectrophotometric Complex Optical Elements When Measuring Transmission Spectra of Gyrotropic Uniaxial Crystals. II: Samples Are Cut Parallel to the Optical Axis
T. G. Golovina, A. F. Konstantinova, E. V. Zabelina, N. S. Kozlova, V. M. Kasimova
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Abstract
The effect of the imperfections of the polarizer, analyzer, and photomultiplier tube (PMT) on the results of measuring the spectral transmission dependences for langasite family crystals cut parallel to the optical axis has been theoretically and experimentally investigated. It is shown that, in the absence of analyzer, oscillations arise on the transmission spectra, whose amplitude depends on the crystal rotation. These oscillations are associated with linear birefringence and occur because of the imperfection of the PMT, which plays the role of a partial analyzer. The PMT parameters in dependence of wavelength are calculated from the obtained spectra. The birefringence of the studied crystals was calculated, and the error of this calculation was estimated. It is shown that the imperfection of optical elements does not lead to any additional errors in the calculation of the birefringence. Thus, when the plate is cut perpendicular (parallel) to the optical axis, circular (linear) birefringence manifests itself.
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Crystallography Reports is a journal that publishes original articles short communications, and reviews on various aspects of crystallography: diffraction and scattering of X-rays, electrons, and neutrons, determination of crystal structure of inorganic and organic substances, including proteins and other biological substances; UV-VIS and IR spectroscopy; growth, imperfect structure and physical properties of crystals; thin films, liquid crystals, nanomaterials, partially disordered systems, and the methods of studies.