摘要:
A method for producing high-purity, large-volume monocrystals that are especially radiation-resistant and have low intrinsic birefringence. From a melt of crystalline raw material, with controlled cooling and solidification, a crystal is generated. As the crystalline raw material, shards and/or waste from already-grown crystals is used, and the re-used raw material 1) upon visual observation in daylight has no color; and 2) upon illumination with a white-light lamp in a darkroom a) has no or at maximum a just barely perceivable reddish and/or bluish fluorescence; and b) has no or at maximum a just barely perceivable diffuse scattering; and c) has no or only slight discrete scattering of at maximum two visually perceivable scattering centers per dm3. In this way, crystals can be obtained which after tempering have a BSDF value of
摘要:
The high-purity alkaline earth halide crystals, especially CaF2, BaF2 or MgF2 crystals, have a diffuse scatter distribution function value of less than 7×10−7, an RMS uniformity of refractive index of less than 15×10−8 after subtraction of Zernike coefficients and an RMS value of birefringence in the (111) direction of less than 0.2 nm/cm. Preferably the crystals exhibit a loss coefficient of less than 5×10−4 cm−1 after irradiation with 10×109 laser pulses with an energy density of 10 mJ/cm2 at a wavelength of 193 nm. Also they have RMS birefringence in the (100) direction or the (111) direction that is less than 0.35 nm/cm.
摘要翻译:高纯度碱土卤化物晶体,特别是CaF 2,BaF 2或MgF 2晶体具有小于7×10 -7的漫射散射分布函数值,减去Zernike系数后的折射率RMS均匀度小于15×10 -8, (111)方向的双折射的RMS值小于0.2nm / cm。 优选地,在193nm的能量密度为10mJ / cm 2的10×10 9个激光脉冲照射之后,晶体表现出小于5×10 -4 cm -1的损耗系数。 此外,它们在(100)方向或(111)方向上具有小于0.35nm / cm的RMS双折射。
摘要:
A method for producing high-purity, large-volume monocrystals that are especially radiation-resistant and have low intrinsic birefringence. From a melt of crystalline raw material, with controlled cooling and solidification, a crystal is generated. As the crystalline raw material, shards and/or waste from already-grown crystals is used, and the re-used raw material 1) upon visual observation in daylight has no color; and 2) upon illumination with a white-light lamp in a darkroom a) has no or at maximum a just barely perceivable reddish and/or bluish fluorescence; and b) has no or at maximum a just barely perceivable diffuse scattering; and c) has no or only slight discrete scattering of at maximum two visually perceivable scattering centers per dm3. In this way, crystals can be obtained which after tempering have a BSDF value of