Large-area sapphire windows

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5078, Issue , 2003, Pages 54-60

  Gentilman, R ^a   McGuire, P ^a   Fiore, D ^a   Ostreicher, K ^a   Askinazi, J ^b  

^a Materials Systems Inc   (United States)

^b GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DEFINED FILM FED GROWTH (EFG); MIDWAVE INFRARED (MWIR) WINDOWS;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHEMICAL BONDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WINDOWS; ZINC SULFIDE;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 1642475100     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.501435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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