Infrared absorption in low-loss KCl single crystals near 10.6 μm
- 1 September 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (9), 3959-3964
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1663896
Abstract
The infrared absorption in KCl single crystals near 10.6 μm has been studied using calorimetric techniques with fixed‐frequency and tunable CO2 laser sources. By use of crystals grown in a reactive CCl4 atmosphere, with surfaces carefully prepared by chemical polishing, it is possible to obtain absorption coefficients of 0.0002 cm−1 or less in samples several centimeters thick. This residual absorption is composed of a surface and a bulk part. It is possible to show that the bulk absorption approaches the estimated intrinsic limit of 0.00008 cm−1. An absorption band near 9.8 μm is present in all samples examined and appears to be largely associated with the surface.Keywords
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