Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics 

Martynyuk-Lototska I., Dudok T., Krupych O., 1Adamiv V., Smirnov Ye. and Vlokh R.

The efficiency of acoustooptic (AO) diffraction in a-BaB2O4 and Li2B4O7 crystals is studied experimentally. The crystals are shown to be quite good AO materials. The efficiency of AO diffraction in a-BaB2O4 reaches h=30% at the electric signal power of P=0.7W for the transverse acoustic wave and 15% at the power of P=0.56W for the longitudinal wave. The same parameter for Li2B4O7 reaches h=21% at P=0,81W for the longitudinal acoustic wave.

Key words: acoustooptic diffraction, borate crystals.
PACS: 78.20.H

doi 10.3116/16091833/5/4/111/2004

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