Growth of very large sapphire crystals for optical applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3424, Issue , 1998, Pages 37-46

  Schmid, F ^a   Rogers, H H ^a   Khattak, C P ^a   Felt, D M ^a  

^a Crystal Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystals; Heat Exchanger Method (HEM) ; Optical; Sapphire; Windows

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DURABILITY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

OPTICAL WINDOWS;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 0012731658     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.323762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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