Generalized dispersion analysis of arbitrarily cut monoclinic crystals.

Dispersion analysis is applicable to arbitrarily cut monoclinic crystals of unknown orientation in order to find the symmetry axis. By this it is possible to differentiate between the transition moments oriented parallel and normal to the b-axis and to determine the dielectric tensor functions of those two principal directions. Dispersion analysis of arbitrarily cut monoclinic crystals is based on an extension of the evaluation scheme developed for arbitrarily cut orthorhombic crystals. We present dispersion analysis of monoclinic crystals exemplarily on spodumene (LiAl(SiO)) and yttrium orthosilicate (YSiO).