International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume D
Physical properties of crystals
Edited by A. Authier

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. D. ch. 1.6, p. 171

Table 1.6.6.1 

A. M. Glazera* and K. G. Coxb

a Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Roads, Oxford OX1 3PU, England, and bDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Roads, Oxford OX1 3PR, England
Correspondence e-mail:  glazer@physics.ox.ac.uk

Table 1.6.6.1 | top | pdf |
Symmetry constraints (see Section 1.1.4.10[link] ) on the linear electro-optic tensor [r_{ij}] (contracted notation)

Triclinic Monoclinic Orthorhombic
Point group 1 Point group 2 ([2 \parallel x_{2}]) Point group m ([m \perp x_{2}]) Point group 222
[\,\,\pmatrix{ r_{11} & r_{12} & r_{13}\cr r_{21} & r_{22} & r_{23}\cr r_{31} & r_{32} & r_{33}\cr r_{41} & r_{42} & r_{43}\cr r_{51} & r_{52} & r_{53}\cr r_{61} & r_{62} & r_{63} }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & r_{12} & 0\cr 0 & r_{22} & 0\cr 0 & r_{32} & 0\cr r_{41} & 0 & r_{43}\cr 0 & r_{52} & 0\cr r_{61} & 0 & r_{63} } ] [\pmatrix{ r_{11} & 0 & r_{13}\cr r_{21} & 0 & r_{23}\cr r_{31} & 0 & r_{33}\cr 0 & r_{42} & 0\cr r_{51} & 0 & r_{53}\cr 0 & r_{62} & 0 } ] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & r_{52} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & r_{63} } ]
  Point group 2 ([2\parallel x_3]) Point group m ([m \perp x_3]) Point group mm2
  [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{23}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr r_{41} & r_{42} & 0\cr r_{51} & r_{52} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & r_{63} }] [\pmatrix{ r_{11} & r_{12} & 0\cr r_{21} & r_{22} & 0\cr r_{31} & r_{32} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & r_{43}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{53}\cr r_{61} & r_{62} & 0 } ] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{23}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr 0 & r_{42} & 0\cr r_{51} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }]

Tetragonal Trigonal
Point group 4 Point group [\bar 4] Point group 3 Point group 32
[\,\,\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr r_{41} & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & -r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & -r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & -r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & r_{63} }] [\pmatrix{ r_{11} & -r_{22} & r_{13}\cr -r_{11} & r_{22} & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr r_{41} & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & -r_{41} & 0\cr -r_{22} & -r_{11} & 0 } ] [\pmatrix{ r_{11} & 0 & 0\cr -r_{11} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & -r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & -r_{11} & 0 }]
Point group [\bar 42m] Point group 422 Point group 3m1 ([m \perp x_1]) Point group 31m ([m \perp x_2])
[\,\,\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & & 0\cr & r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & r_{63} }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & -r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & -r_{22} & r_{13}\cr 0 & r_{22} & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr 0 & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & 0 & 0\cr -r_{22} & 0 & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ r_{11} & 0 & r_{13}\cr -r_{11} & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr 0 & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & -r_{11} & 0 } ]
Point group 4mm    
[\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr 0 & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }]    

Hexagonal Cubic
Point group 6 Point group 6mm Point group 622 Point groups [\bar 43m], 23
[\,\,\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr r_{41} & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & -r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 } ] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{13}\cr 0 & 0 & r_{33}\cr 0 & r_{51} & 0\cr r_{51} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & -r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr r_{41} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & r_{41} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & r_{41} }]
Point group [\bar 6] Point group [\bar 6m2] ([m \perp x_1]) Point group [\bar 62m] ([m \perp x_2]) Point group 432
[\,\,\pmatrix{ r_{11} & -r_{22} & 0\cr -r_{11} & r_{22} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr -r_{22} & -r_{11} & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & -r_{22} & 0\cr 0 & r_{22} & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr -r_{22} & 0 & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ r_{11} & 0 & 0\cr -r_{11} & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & -r_{11} & 0 }] [\pmatrix{ 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0\cr 0 & 0 & 0 }]