VIS-IR Transmitting BGG Glass Windows

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5078, Issue , 2003, Pages 208-215

  Bayya, S S ^a   Chin, G D ^a   Sanghera, J S ^a   Aggarwal, I D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Durable; Germanate; Glass; Large size; Low cost; Vis IR windows

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL WEATHERABILITY; LOW-COST WINDOWS; VIS-IR WINDOWS;

ABRASION; ADHESION; DURABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; EROSION; GERMANATE MINERALS; GLASS CERAMICS; GLASS TRANSITION; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SAPPHIRE; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEATHERING; WINDOWS;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 1642556727     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.487723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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