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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
Gigaphoton Inc., Tochigi, JP;
Daisuke Tei, Oyama, JP;
Osamu Wakabayashi, Oyama, JP;
Gigaphoton Inc., Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A laser apparatus including an optical element made of a CaFcrystal and configured to transmit an ultraviolet laser beam obliquely incident on one surface of the optical element, the electric field axis of the P-polarized component of the laser beam propagating through the optical element coinciding with one axis contained in <111> of the CaFcrystal, with the P-polarized component defined with respect to the one surface. A method for manufacturing an optical element, the method including causing a seed CaFcrystal to undergo crystal growth along one axis contained in <111> to form an ingot, setting a cutting axis to be an axis inclining by an angle within 14.18±5° with respect to the crystal growth direction toward the direction of another axis contained in <111>, which differs from the crystal growth direction, and cutting the ingot along a plane perpendicular to the cutting axis.