Correlation of sapphire quality with uniformity and optical properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3060, Issue , 1997, Pages 250-257

  Khattak, Chandra P ^a   Schmid, Frederick ^a   Smith, Maynard B ^a  

^a Crystal Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystals; Heat Exchanger Method (HEM); Infrared materials; Interferometry; Lattice distortion; Optical homogeneity; Sapphire; Scattering centers

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WINDOWS;

OPTICAL HOMOGENEITY;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 0031289294     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Producing large sapphire for optical applications
4. Sapphire sparkles in many optical elements
5. Low dislocation density single crystals of corundum
6. Recent developments in sapphire growth by heat exchanger method (HEM)