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Great success of large diameter

Great success of large diameter

ASTROHN Technology Ltd specialists have developed a large-diameter infrared (IR) lens. This caused the need to obtain a single crystal of germanium of a sufficiently large diameter (about 200 mm) for the manufacture of an input lens. In addition, the problem of high structural excellence of the workpiece was critical. Therefore, the workpieces must be single-crystal, so that internal defects do not weaken the passage of the beam. Such blanks can only be obtained using the Czochralski method. There is [...]

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