1 Introduction |
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1.2 Transparent Materials |
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1.3 Important Issues on Transparency Important |
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1.4 History of Solid-State Lasers |
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1.4.3 Transparent Ceramics |
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1.5 Performance of Solid-State Lasers |
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1.5.2 Pumping Systems and Laser Resonators |
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1.6 Selection of Laser Material |
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1.7 Other Applications of Transparent Ceramics |
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1.8 Motivation and Objectives of the Book |
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2 Transparent Ceramic Materials |
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2.4 Electro-optic Ferroelectric Ceramics |
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2.4.2 Other Ferroelectric Ceramics |
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2.6.1 Newly Emerged Oxide Ceramics |
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2.6.2 Transparent Ceramics Derived from Glasses |
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2.6.3 Multiphase Transparent Ceramics |
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2.7.2 Aluminum Nitride (AIN) |
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3 Ceramic Powder Synthesis |
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3.2 Synthesis of Precursor Powders |
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3.2.1 Solid-State Reaction Methods |
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3.2.2 Wet-Chemical Routes |
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4 Powder Characterization and Compaction |
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4.2 Characterizations of Ceramic Powder |
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4.2.1 Physical Properties |
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4.2.2 Particle Size and Size Distribution |
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4.2.4 Measurement of Particle Size and Size Distribution |
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4.2.6 Porosity of Particles |
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4.2.7 Chemical Compositions |
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4.2.8 Crystal Structure and Phase Composition |
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4.3 Compaction of Ceramic Powders |
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4.3.1 Packing of Particles |
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4.3.2 Additives and Ceramic Forming |
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4.3.4 Drying of Granular Ceramics |
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4.3.6 Characterization of Green Bodies |
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5 Sintering and Densification (I)-Conventional Sintering Technologies |
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5.2 Fundamental Aspects of Sintering |
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5.2.1 Driving Forces of Sintering |
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5.2.2 Defects in Crystalline Solids |
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5.2.3 Diffusion in Crystalline Solids |
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5.2.5 Diffusional Flux Equations |
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5.2.6 Vapor Pressure of Curved Surfaces |
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5.2.7 Diffusion in Ionic Crystals-Ambipolar Diffusion |
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5.3 Solid-State and Viscous Sintering |
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5.3.2 Sintering Mechanisms |
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5.3.3 Grain Boundary Effects |
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5.3.4 Theory of Sintering |
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5.3.7 Numerical Simulation of Sintering |
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5.3.8 Phenomenological Sintering Equations |
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5.3.10 Sintering at Pressures |
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5.3.11 Stress Intensification Factor |
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5.3.13 Alternative Sintering Equations |
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5.4 Liquid-Phase Sintering |
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5.4.2 Characteristics of Liquid-Phase Sintering |
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363 | (3) |
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5.4.3 Stages of Liquid-Phase Sintering |
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366 | (1) |
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5.4.4 Thermodynamic and Kinetic Factors |
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5.4.5 Grain Boundary Films |
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373 | (1) |
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5.4.6 Mechanisms of Liquid-Phase Sintering |
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5.4.7 Hot Pressing with Liquid Phase |
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387 | (1) |
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5.4.8 Phase Diagrams in Liquid-Phase Sintering |
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387 | (1) |
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5.4.9 Activated Sintering and Vitrification |
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6 Sintering and Densification (II)-New Sintering Technologies |
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6.2 Electric Current Activated/Assisted Sintering (ECAS) |
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6.2.3 Brief History of ECAS Processes |
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6.2.4 Modeling and Simulation |
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453 | (8) |
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6.3.2 Theoretical Aspects |
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6.3.3 Heat Transfer and Sintering |
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461 | (1) |
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462 | (5) |
7 Sintering and Densification of Transparent Ceramics |
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467 | (1) |
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467 | (9) |
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7.3 Hot Pressure (HP) Sintering |
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7.4 Hot Isostatic Pressure (HIP) Sintering |
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7.5 SPS Processed Transparent Ceramics |
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7.6 MW-Processed Transparent Ceramics |
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510 | (1) |
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8 Grain Growth and Microstructure Development |
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8.2.1 Features of Grain Growth |
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8.2.2 Microscopic Features of Grain Growth |
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8.2.3 Driving Force of Grain Growth |
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8.2.4 Abnormal Grain Growth |
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8.2.5 Grain Growth Control |
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8.3 Ostwald Ripening and LSW Theory |
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525 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Interface Reaction Mechanism |
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8.3.3 Diffusion-Controlled Mechanism |
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8.3.4 Deviation and Modification of LSW Theory |
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8.3.5 Time-Dependent Ostwald Ripening |
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8.4 Topological and Interfacial Tensions |
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529 | (1) |
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8.5 Normal Grain Growth in Dense Solids |
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8.5.1 The Burke and Turnbull Model |
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8.5.3 Topological Analysis |
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8.5.4 Simulation of Normal Grain Growth |
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8.6 Abnormal Grain Growth |
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8.6.1 Origins of Abnormal Grain Growth |
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536 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Applications of Abnormal Grain Growth |
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8.7 Grain-Boundary Mobility |
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8.7.1 Effect of Fine Second-Phase Particles |
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554 | (3) |
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8.7.2 Effect of Dopants-Solute Drag |
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557 | (3) |
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8.8 Grain Growth and Pore Evolution |
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560 | (3) |
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8.8.1 Thermodynamics of Pore-Boundary Interactions |
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560 | (2) |
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8.8.2 Kinetics of Pore-Boundary Interactions |
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562 | (1) |
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8.8.3 Grain Growth Kinetics |
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563 | (1) |
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8.9 Simultaneous Densification and Grain Growth |
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563 | (5) |
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8.10 Strategies to Control Microstructure of Ceramics |
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568 | (5) |
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8.10.1 Sintering at External Pressures |
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568 | (1) |
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8.10.2 Use of Dopants and Inclusions |
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8.10.3 Use of Fine Particles with Uniform Packing |
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570 | (1) |
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8.10.4 Control of Firing Schedule |
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570 | (3) |
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8.10.5 Use of Liquid-Phase Sintering |
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573 | (1) |
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574 | (7) |
9 Laser Applications |
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9.2 Ceramic Solid-State Lasers |
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582 | (5) |
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9.2.2 Radiative and Nonradiative Processes |
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587 | (5) |
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9.2.3 Ceramic Laser Materials and Components |
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592 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Practical Ceramic Lasers |
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593 | (49) |
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9.3 Advanced Ceramic Lasers |
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9.3.1 Motivation and Overview |
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642 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Composite Ceramic Lasers |
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643 | (10) |
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9.3.3 Fiber Ceramic Lasers |
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659 | (1) |
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659 | (16) |
10 Other Applications |
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10.2.2 Alumina Ceramics with Fine Grains |
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10.2.3 A1ON (Aluminum Oxynitride) |
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678 | (1) |
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10.2.4 YAG (Yttrium Aluminate Garnet) |
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678 | (1) |
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10.2.5 Rare-Earth Oxide (Re203) |
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679 | (3) |
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682 | (14) |
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10.3.2 Properties of Scintillators |
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684 | (6) |
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10.3.3 Transparent Ceramic Scintillators |
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690 | (6) |
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10.4 Ceramic Electro-Optic Devices |
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696 | (5) |
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10.5 Optical Systems (Lens) |
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701 | (3) |
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10.6 Armors and Windows/Domes |
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704 | (1) |
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10.6.2 Transparent Ceramics Armors |
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705 | (1) |
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10.6.3 Transparent Armor Design and Dynamic Responses |
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