MEASUREMENT OF SOUND VELOCITIES IN CRYSTALS USING BRAGG DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT AND APPLICATIONS TO LANTHANUM FLUORIDE

Charles Krischer

Applied Physics Letters · 1968 · 17 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

A method of measuring sound velocities in crystals using Bragg diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves is described. Sound-velocity data presented for LaF3 are consistent with a trigonal crystal structure and exclude the possibility of a hexagonal structure.

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