Recent advances in aluminum oxynitride (ALON™) optical ceramic

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4375, Issue , 2001, Pages 71-78

  Goldman, Lee M ^a   Hartnett, Thomas M ^a   Wahl, Joseph M ^a   Ondercin, Robert J ^b   Olson, Karen ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BALLISTICS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLISHING; POWDERS; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ISOTROPIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL CERAMICS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0035758362     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.439195     Document Type: Article

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