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Elastic and ferroelectric characteristics of single crystals of lithium niobate and tantalate are investigated in a wide range of temperatures by complex acoustooptic means. The contribution from Jahn–Teller NbO6 and TaO6 systems to the characteristics of elastic moduli, ultrasonic attenuation, and nonlinear optical coefficients is analyzed using a new phenomenological model. It is hypothesized that the displacement of Nb5+ and Ta5+ ions, which exhibit the second-order Jahn–Teller effect along trigonal axis C, and the subsequent ordering of octahedral, result in unusual elastic and ferroelectric properties.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Golenishchev-Kutuzov, V.A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov, R.I. Kalimullin, A.V. Semennikov, 2017, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2017, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 309–311.
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Golenishchev-Kutuzov, A.V., Golenishchev-Kutuzov, V.A., Kalimullin, R.I. et al. Contribution from structural Jahn–Teller ions to the elastic and ferroelectric properties of lithium niobate and lithium tantalate. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 81, 282–284 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873817030133
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