The tetragonal PbWO_4 (PWO) is one of the most important scintillating crystals, being used
both in the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the European Organization for …

An exact knowledge of the mechanical and optical properties of crystals allows not only for
theoretical advances, but it is also a useful tool to asses crystal quality in the technological …

Conoscopic analysis of interference fringes is one of the most useful tools for investigating
the mechanical properties of a crystal. These fringes are generated by a surface of constant …

The mass production of new generations of high quality and very performant scintillating
crystals requires sophisticated measurement systems and inspection tools in order to have …

Among scintillators, the PWO is one of the most widely used, for instance in CMS calorimeter
at CERN and PANDA project. Crystallographic structure and chemical composition as well …

Nowadays, radiation detectors based on scintillating crystals are used in many different
fields of science like medicine, aerospace, high-energy physics, and security. The …

Birefringent crystals are at the basis of various devices used in many fields, from high energy
physics to biomedical imaging for cancer detection. Since crystals are the main elements of …

In the field of scintillators, high scintillation and light production performance require high-
quality crystals. Although the composition and structure of crystals are fundamental in this …

The need for high-quality and high-performance crystals for high-energy physics (eg
scintillators) and biomedical applications require a good knowledge of their mechanical and …

We study the elasto-optic behaviour of monoclinic and trigonal crystals. The eigenvalues
and eigenvectors of the dielectric impermeability tensor under stress are evaluated by the …