Spark plasma sintering and forming of transparent polycrystalline Al 2O 3 windows and domes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6545, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jiang, Dongtao ^a   Hulbert, Dustin M ^a   Anselmi Tamburini, Umberto ^a   Ng, Terry ^b   Land, Donald ^b   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina; Dome; Forming; Grain size; Infrared; Spark plasma sintering; Transmittance; Window

Indexed keywords

MID-INFRARED TRANSMISSION; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT DOMES;

ANNEALING; FORMING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPACITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

ALUMINA;

EID: 35648970612     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.730861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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