TY - BOOK ID - 8284207 TI - Sapphire : materials, manufacturing, applications AU - Dobrovinskaya, Elena R. AU - Lytvynov, Leonid A. AU - Pishchik, Valerian. PY - 2009 SN - 0387856943 9786612236297 1282236296 0387856951 PB - New York ; London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Crystal growing. KW - Crystals. KW - Sapphire. KW - Mineralogy KW - Geology KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Sapphires. KW - Precious stones. KW - Gem minerals KW - Gemstones KW - Jewels KW - Semi-precious stones KW - Stones, Precious KW - Materials science. KW - Engineering. KW - Electronics. KW - Microelectronics. KW - Optical materials. KW - Electronic materials. KW - Materials Science. KW - Optical and Electronic Materials. KW - Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. KW - Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. KW - Engineering, general. KW - Minerals KW - Gemology KW - Gems KW - Corundum KW - Precious stones KW - Surfaces (Physics). KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Physics KW - Surface chemistry KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Electrical engineering KW - Physical sciences KW - Optics KW - Materials KW - Lasers. KW - Photonics. KW - Material science KW - New optics KW - Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Masers, Optical KW - Optical masers KW - Light amplifiers KW - Light sources KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Optical parametric oscillators KW - Microminiature electronic equipment KW - Microminiaturization (Electronics) KW - Electronics KW - Microtechnology KW - Semiconductors KW - Miniature electronic equipment KW - Electronic materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8284207 AB - Sapphire: Material, Manufacturing, Applications provides complete coverage of sapphire crystal growth and fabrication, including important information on the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. This book considers all known methods for the growth of sapphire and modification of its properties and includes the most exhaustive data on the crystal structure and physical-chemical properties. Written by leading experts in the field of sapphire crystals, this book presents many various applications, including use in quantum electronics, radio electronics, radio engineering, radiolocation, ultrahigh resolution optics, high temperature optics, aircraft applications, atomic power engineering, and microwave engineering. Sapphire: Material, Manufacturing, Applications addresses the unusual, versatile and attractive physical and chemical properties of sapphire, as well as the trends in growth methods, and will be useful to specialists in crystal growth technologies, engineers and scientists who utilize sapphire in their work. ER -