We have measured the low-frequency ("unclamped") electrooptic and piezoelectric coefficients in undoped BaTiO, and SrSa, -Nh2O6 (x = 0.61) crystals using interferometric techniques. The Contribution of the piezoelectric effect to the Pockels measurements is discussed. For an applied ac electric field in the range 0.1-200 V/cm, the electrooptic and piezoelectric effects are linear in the magnitu...

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