Textured optical synthetic sapphire

Ветров В.Н., Игнатенков Б.А. Текстурированный оптический лейкосапфир // Оптический журнал. 2008. Т. 75. № 2. С. 70–73.

Vetrov V.N., Ignatenkov B.A. Textured optical synthetic sapphire [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2008. V. 75. № 2. P. 70–73.

V. N. Vetrov and B. A. Ignatenkov, "Textured optical synthetic sapphire," Journal of Optical Technology. 75 (2), 124-127 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.75.000124

This paper discusses features of the inhomogeneous plastic strain of synthetic sapphire. A mechanism is proposed for forming its texture and cone of optic axes. The comparative characteristics of textured synthetic sapphire and its single-crystal analog are presented.