Basing on the measurements of photoelastic coefficients, acoustic waves velocities and the refractive indices, the possible geometries for acoustooptic interaction in b-BaB2O4 crystals have been analysed. It has been shown that the acoustooptic figure of merit achieves its maximum value when the transverse acoustic wave v13 with the velocity 817m/s is propagated in YZ-plane. In this case M2=95.35*10-15s3/kg.
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@article{arxiv.0709.0054,
title = {Acoustooptic Interaction in Barium Beta-Borate Crystals},
author = {I. Martynyuk-Lototska and T. Dudok and Ya. Dyachok and Ya. Burak and R. Vlokh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.0054},
year = {2007}
}