Physical Properties
Crystal type |
Hexagonal |
Density, g/cm3 |
3.98 |
Melting point, °C |
2040 |
Refractive index @ 0.3 µm |
n = 1.814 |
Refractive index @ 5 µm |
n = 1.623 |
Transmission band [µm] |
0.15-6 |
Specifications
Material | Al2O3 |
Surface quality | 60-40 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B) |
Clear aperture | 80% of diameter |
Diameter tolerance | +0.0-0.13 mm |
Thickness tolerance | ±0.2 mm |
Parallelism | 3 arcmin |
Flatness | 1λ per inch @ 633 nm |
Orientation | C-cut |
EKSMA Optics Sapphire (Al2O3) Optical Components
63.98 kB |
Single crystal sapphire combines excellent optical, physical and chemical properties. Chemically inert and almost insoluble, sapphire in many ways is superior material for windows. It is transparent from 150 nm up to 6 mm in the middle infrared. Sapphire exhibits anisotropy in many optical and physical properties. Difference in index of refraction in orthogonal directions is 0.008.