Electron diffraction study on the electrostriction of ruby

✍ Scribed by S. Yamaguchi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 253 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0232-1300
• DOI: 10.1002/crat.19750100306

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The pseudo‐cubic lattice of ruby was so deformed, when immersed in a strong electric field, that it showed an induced superlattice structure along the [110] axis. The field strength was about 2 × 10^4^ kV/cm at the specimen. Electron diffraction pattern from the superlattice informed on the orientation of the Al~2~O~3~ dipoles in ruby. The ruby deformed by electron bombardment was accompanied by an emission of red light (wavelength: 6000 Å).