Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Transmission Loss of Lead Fluoride Crystals

LI Ze-Kui; REN Guo-Hao; SHEN Ding-Zhong; CHEN Xiao-Feng; YIN Zhi-Wen   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2001-04-09 Revised:2001-05-30 Published:2002-05-20 Online:2002-05-20

Abstract: The transmission loss of PbF2 crystals, happened in their growth process and in the period of machining, storing and carrying, was investigated. The results show that the transmission loss in the growth process happens when oxygen atoms occupy the center of the PbF2 crystal lattice and the transmission loss happens in the period of machining, storing and carrying when β→α phase transition occurs on the surfaces of the crystals after they contact with water.

Key words: PbF2 crystal, Bridgman-Stockbarger method, phase transition

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