On the origin of the inhomogeneities and birefringence in the incommensurate phase of quartz

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作者
Aslanyan, TA [1 ]
Shigenari, T [1 ]
Abe, K [1 ]
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[1] Univ Electrocommun, Dept Appl Phys & Chem, Chofu, Tokyo 182, Japan
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10.1088/0953-8984/10/21/014
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
It is shown that the incommensurate (IC) phase near the alpha <-> beta transition point in quartz (SiO2) is an improper ferroelastic one and should be split into domains. The birefringence induced by such a ferroelastic phase is estimated, and it is shown that it can be as strong as is observed in experiments only if one accepts a new model for the IC transition in quartz.
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页码:4577 / 4586
页数:10
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