Compressive strengthening of sapphire by neutron irradiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4375, Issue , 2001, Pages 31-40

  Regan, Thomas M ^a,b   Harris, Daniel C ^c   Stroud, Rhonda M ^d   White, John R ^e   Blodgett, David W ^f   Baldwin, Kevin C ^f   Miragliotta, Joseph A ^f   Thomas, Michael E ^f   Linevsky, M J ^f   Giles, J W ^f   Kennedy, Thomas A ^d   Fatemi, Mohammad ^d   Black, David R ^g   Lagerlöf, K Peter D ^h  

^a Aspen Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron irradiation; Sapphire; Strength

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; BENDING STRENGTH; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SAPPHIRE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

THERMAL NEUTRONS; X-RAY TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

EID: 18544367199     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.439191     Document Type: Article

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