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Prof. Ashim Kumar Bain
University of Birmingham
Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
B15 2TT Edgbaston
United Kingdom
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Since the last world war there has been a growing interest in all aspects of solid‐state studies; inevitably, this has stimulated the teaching of crystallography and the physical properties of crystalline solids as a part of courses covering a wide range of academic disciplines and technological interests. Crystal optics is one of the most widely used practical techniques employed in the study of the physical properties of crystalline materials. The effect of electric and magnetic fields, mechanical stress, and ultrasound waves on the optical properties of crystals are studied in electro‐optics, magneto‐optics, photoelasticity, acousto‐optics, and photorefractivity, which are based on the fundamental laws of crystal optics. The present book aims to provide the basic physical properties and applications of photoelastic, acousto‐optic, magneto‐optic, electro‐optic, and photorefractive materials.
The first chapter deals with the basic concepts of crystal optics, such as index ellipsoid or optical indicatrix, crystal symmetry, wave surface, birefringence, polarization of light, changing the polarization of light, effects of reflection and transmission of polarization, and light polarizing devices. The second chapter provides an understanding of the physical phenomenon of the photoelastic effects in isotropic and crystalline materials. It describes in detail research information on modern photoelastic materials and reviews the up‐to‐date photoelastic device applications. The third chapter develops the underlying theory of acousto‐optics from first principles, formulating results suitable for subsequent calculations and design. Special attention is given to designing procedures for the entire range of acousto‐optic devices, and various applications of these devices are also described. The fourth chapter describes the basic principles of magneto‐optic effects and mode of interaction with magnetic materials. It also describes in detail research information on modern magneto‐optic materials and reviews the up‐to‐date magneto‐optic device applications up to terahertz (THz) regime. The fifth chapter provides an understanding of the physical phenomenon of the linear and quadratic electro‐optic effects in isotropic and crystalline materials. It describes in detail modern electro‐optic materials and it also reviews the up‐to‐date electro‐optic device applications in both bulk and plasmonic waveguide technologies. The sixth chapter is a collection of many of the most important recent developments in photorefractive effects and materials. Special attention has been paid to describe the up‐to‐date review of recent scientific findings and advances in photorefractive materials and devices.
I sincerely hope that this book will be of real value to the students and researchers moving into the wide field of crystal optics.
Finally, I would like to thank the Wiley‐VCH publishing team for their outstanding support.
Birmingham, UK
January 2019
Ashim Kumar Bain
Crystal optics is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of electromagnetic waves in anisotropic media, that is, media (such as crystals) in which light behaves differently depending on which direction the light is propagating in. The phenomena characteristics of crystals that are studied in crystal optics include double refraction (birefringence), polarization of light, rotation of the plane of polarization, etc. The effect of electric, magnetic field, mechanical stress, and ultrasound waves on the optical properties of crystals are studied in electro‐optics, magneto‐optics, photoelasticity, acousto‐optics, and photorefractivity, which are based on the fundamental laws of crystal optics.
This book deals with the basic physical properties and applications of photoelastic, acousto‐optic, magneto‐optic, electro‐optic, and photorefractive materials. It also provides up‐to‐date information on design and applications of various optoelectronic devices based on these materials, such as photoelastic devices (modulator, Q‐switches, accelerometer, sensor), acousto‐optic devices (modulators, beam deflector, frequency shifter, Q‐switch, tunable filter), magneto‐optic devices (modulator, circulator, isolator, sensor, and magneto‐optical recording), electro‐optic devices (modulator, dynamic wave retarder, scanner, directional, coupler, deflector, tunable filter, Q‐switch, attenuator, polarization controller, sensor), and photorefractive devices (waveguides, Q‐switch, tunable filter, holographic interferometers, and holographic 3D stereograms). This book will be very useful for the scientific community including students, teachers, and researchers working in these fields. It will also find readership with non‐experts of the subject.