Synthetic Crystalline Quartz as an Optical Material for Power Optics

Abstract

We present the results of studying Russian synthetic crystalline quartz from the viewpoint of the possibility of its use for manufacturing optical elements of power optics. The results of experimental studies of the absorption and optical nonuniformity of crystal plates with dimensions of 12 × 8 × 1.7 cm as well as theoretical calculations of the thermooptical parameter for the disk configuration of the measured samples, which determines the value of the phase distortions of the wave front of heating radiation, are reported.