Optical Transmission Enhancement of Ionic Crystals via Superionic Fluoride Transfer: Growing VUV-Transparent Radioactive Crystals

Kjeld Beeks, Tomas Sikorsky, Fabian Schaden +11

The 8 eV first nuclear excited state in ${}^{229}$Th is a candidate for implementing an nuclear clock. Doping ${}^{229}$Th into ionic crystals such as CaF${}_2$ is expected to suppress n…