https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-023-00637-5
Regular Article - Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems
Polycrystalline MgAl
O
spinel for infrared and terahertz region windows
1
Henan Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting, School of Electronic Information, Huanghuai University, 463000, Zhumadian, Henan, China
2
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
3
University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
4
Micro Optical Instruments Inc., 518118, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
5
Sinoma Synthetic Crystals Co., Ltd., 100018, Beijing, China
6
School of Physics and Astronomy and Yunnan Key Laboratory for Quantum Information, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Received:
9
July
2023
Accepted:
7
December
2023
Published online:
24
January
2024
Transparency of the polycrystalline magnesium-aluminate spinel (MAS) in both the infrared and terahertz regions is evaluated and compared with other frequency-used window materials by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The MAS material exhibits higher transmissivity in both the infrared and terahertz regions than other materials. Excellent flexural strength also ensures that it can be subject to the atmospheric pressure. Therefore, this material is suitable to be applied as a broadband transparent window in the infrared synchrotron radiation pump-terahertz time-domain spectroscopy probe experimental platform which works in the low-temperature and high-vacuum conditions. Our work provides a groundwork for the understanding of the native properties of the polycrystalline MAS. The result suggests a new window material to be employed in the low-temperature and high-vacuum conditions.
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