title: Self-modulation of light in piezoelectric crystals.
abstract: Spectroscopic measurements were used to monitor the optical interference of ordinary (o-ray) waves with extraordinary (e-ray) waves by incidence of plane-polarized light and transmission through piezoelectriccrystals (alpha-quartz, LiNbO3, and LiTaO3). This observation confirms that the rotations of the vibration planes of the o- and e-ray waves originate from the dynamic gratings induced by the electric field of the incident light. This is a self-modulation process of the polarized incident light in piezoelectric crystals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, China. cztan@nju.edu.cn
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Liu