Decarbonization and decolorization of large sapphire crystals grown by the temperature gradient technique

Pan Tao Ti Hsueh Pao/Chinese Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Xu, Jun ^a   Zhou, Guoqing ^a   Deng, Peizhen ^a   Si, Jiliang ^a   Qian, Xiaobo ^a   Wang, Yinzhen ^a   Zhou, Shengming ^a   Zhou, Yongzong ^a   Zhu, Renyuan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Decarbonization; Decolorization; Sapphire

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANNEALING; DECARBONIZATION; HYDROGEN; MECHANISMS;

CARBON VOLATILIZATION; DECOLORIZATION; HOMOGENEITY; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIVITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL METAL;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 33646157714     PISSN: 02534177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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