On the birefringence of magnetoelectric BiFeO3

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Rivera, J P ^a   Schmid, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetic phase transition; BiFeO3; Birefringence vs. temperature; Bismuth ferrite; Dispersion of birefringence; Linear magnetoelectric effect; N el temperature; Photoelastic modulator

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; BIREFRINGENCE; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOELASTICITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BISMUTH FERRITE; FERROELASTICITY; GLADSTONE DALE RELATIONSHIP; NEEL TEMPERATURE;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031349870     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150199708222185     Document Type: Article

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