CVD diamond for optics applications in high heat flux environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2855, Issue , 1996, Pages 34-52

  Klein, Claude A ^a  

^a CAK Analytics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Domes; Figures of merit; High power lasers; Infrared; Mirror faceplates; Missile systems; Thermal lensing; Thermal shock; Windows

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIAMONDS; DOMES; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; HIGH POWER LASERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER MIRRORS; MISSILES; OPTICAL LATTICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL SHOCK; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; WINDOWS;

AIR INTERCEPT MISSILES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIGURES OF MERITS; MIRROR FACEPLATE; MISSILE SYSTEMS; POWER-HANDLING CAPABILITY; THERMAL LENSING; THERMAL LENSING EFFECT;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 33744609814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.259845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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