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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
William Rogers Rosch, Corning, NY (US);
Horst Schreiber, Rochester, NY (US);
William Rogers Rosch, Corning, NY (US);
Horst Schreiber, Rochester, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A crystal optical material is illuminated at a wavelength of light that does not ionize the crystal optical material. Birefringence is measured between a plurality of voxels within the crystal optical material having spatial dimensions small enough to distinguish optical propagations of the light encountering boundary regions between subgrains of the crystal mosaic from optical propagations of the light through the subgrains themselves. The measured birefringence is evaluated for quantifying a characteristic of the crystal matrix. Metrics describing the crystal matrix are associated with performance of the crystal optical material.