The Refractive Properties of Uniaxially Stressed Doped TGS Crystals

The effect of uniaxial mechanical stresses applied along the principal crystal-physical axes on the principal values of birefringence Δ n i is studied on TGS crystals with L-threonine, L-valine and D-serine admixtures. It is revealed that Δ n i are quite sensitive to the stresses and have different values and opposite signs. The baric coefficients ∂Tc/∂ σm for the phase transition (PT) temperature appear to be smaller than those for the pure TGS crystals. Temperature and spectral dependences of the combined piezooptic constants are calculated.