Growth, characterization and optical quality of calcium fluoride single crystals grown by the Bridgman method
HANA IBRAHIM ELSWIE1,
SLOBODANKA KOSTIĆ2,
VESNA RADOJEVIĆ1,
NEBOJŠA Ž. ROMČEVIĆ2,
BRANKA HADŽIĆ2,
JELENA TRAJIĆ2,
ZORICA Ž. LAZAREVIĆ2,*
Affiliation
- Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 68, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
Calcium fluoride - CaF2 single crystals were grown using the Bridgman technique. By optimizing growth conditions, <111>-oriented CaF2, crystals up to 20 mm in diameter were grown. Number of dislocations in CaF2 crystals which were made by the method of Bridgman was 5×104 - 2×105 per cm2. In this paper we used XRD, Raman spectroscopy and the measurement of transmission in the mid IR-range to investigated structural and optical properties of obtained CaF2 single crystals..
Keywords
CaF2, Optical materials, Crystal growth, XRD, Raman spectroscopy.
Citation
HANA IBRAHIM ELSWIE, SLOBODANKA KOSTIĆ, VESNA RADOJEVIĆ, NEBOJŠA Ž. ROMČEVIĆ, BRANKA HADŽIĆ, JELENA TRAJIĆ, ZORICA Ž. LAZAREVIĆ, Growth, characterization and optical quality of calcium fluoride single crystals grown by the Bridgman method, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 10, 7-8, July-August 2016, pp.522-525 (2016).
Submitted at: Nov. 2, 2015
Accepted at: Aug. 3, 2016