Abstract:ALON® Transparent Ceramic (ALON) consists primarily of aluminum and oxygen, similar to that of alumina, with a small amount of nitrogen added to help stabilize its cubic phase. Importantly, materials with cubic symmetry are optically isotropic, and consequently, transparent in their polycrystalline form. This allows ALON to be manufactured by conventional powder processing methods. ALON is deployed in several Vis-MWIR Sensor Window applications and provides outstanding environmental durability. Further, ALON w… Show more
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