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Thermal to Ship Crystal Grower

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Thermal Technology of Santa Rosa, Calif., says it has successfully tested the first commercially available edge-defined, film-fed growth (EFG) crystal grower with the capacity to grow sapphire crystals up to 300 × 500 × 15 mm and will ship the first one to a customer this month. The first sapphire test plate grown was >15 mm thick, with no visible bubbles, cracks, grain boundaries or twins. Thermal Technology President and CEO Matt Mede displays a sapphire crystal produced by the company’s commercially available EFG crystal grower. Large plates such as these are required for applications...Read full article

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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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    Sapphire can refer to either a gemstone or a specific type of crystalline material commonly used in various industrial applications. Gemstone: Natural sapphire: A natural sapphire is a precious gemstone belonging to the corundum mineral family. Corundum is an aluminum oxide mineral that, when it contains traces of chromium, iron, titanium, or other elements, exhibits a range of colors. Blue is the most traditional and prized color for sapphires, but they can also be found in various hues,...
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