%0 Journal Article
%T First Correct Experimental Discovery of the ¡°Weak¡± Gyrotropy-Phenomenon of ¡°Non-Gyrotropic¡± Crystals of 3 m, 4 mm, 6 mm Symmetry Classes, Using the LiNbO<sub>3</sub> Crystal as an Example
%A Alexander Kh. Zilbershtein
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 8
%N 2
%P 1-6
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2021
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1107194
%X The purpose of the work was the correct experimental discovery of the effect of ¡°weak¡± gyrotropy of the ¡°non-gyrotropic¡± transparent crystals. The original experiment was based on the study of the light transmission (T) of the system: Polarizer¡ªwedge-shaped Crystal¡¯s sample¡ªAnalyzer (orthogonal to Polarizer). It was shown that: if the optical axis of the crystal is parallel to the rib of the wedge and to the polarization of the linear-polarized incident light, then the transmission T of the system can be not equal to zero (due to existence of nonzero components (G<sub>12</sub>) of the antisymmetric pseudotensor of gyration {G} described the ¡°weak¡± gyrotropy). Using the LiNbO<sub>3</sub> crystal as an example, such nonzero T was at the first time experimentally discovered. Absolute value of components G<sub>12</sub> of the LiNbO<sub>3</sub> crystal was first estimated: ([G<sub>12</sub>] = (1.50  /- 0.51) 10<sup>-6</sup>).
%K Crystals
%K Light
%K Polarization
%K Weak Gyrotropy
%K Wedge-Shaped Sample
%K Vector of Electric Field Strength
%K Wave Vector
%K Optical Axis
%K Nonzero Transmission
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6365531