"This book covers ceramic materials which can be fabricated into bulk transparent parts. The book starts with an introduction to transparent ceramics (TCs) and conveys the rationale and goals of the book and the factors (technical and economical) which determine the overall worth of the TCs. A short description of transparency evolution, along ceramics history is also given. The book also provides a chapter devoted to the basics of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) interaction with matter, a necessary support for understanding the transparency of TCs, so as to make possible a correct understanding of the notion of "transparency" and how it is correlated with the physical processes which control it (reflection, refraction, scattering and absorption). The book details the various applications of passive and active TCs including their use in Q-switches and gain-media, for laser systems, materials for solid state lighting sources, armor, scintillators, IR windows, IR heat seeking devices for missile guidance systems, IR night vision devices, optical lenses and artificial gems. The book also covers the future prospects and challenges in the field. Wherever possible, the data presented are explained, in correlation with the theoretical science and engineering background introduced together with the data"-- Provided by publisher.

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- General Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Importance of Transparent Ceramics: The Book's Rationale Topic and Aims -- 1.2 Factors Determining the Overall Worth of Transparent Ceramics -- 1.2.1 Technical Characteristics -- 1.2.2 Fabrication and Characterization Costs -- 1.2.3 Overview of Worth -- 1.3 Spectral Domain for Ceramics High Transmission Targeted in This Book -- 1.3.1 High Transmission Spectral Domain -- 1.3.2 Electromagnetic Radiation/Solid Interaction in the Vicinity of the Transparency Domain

1.4 Definition of Transparency Levels -- 1.5 Evolution of Transmissive Ability Along the Ceramics Development History -- 1.5.1 Ceramics with Transparency Conferred by Glassy Phases -- 1.5.2 The First Fully Crystalline Transparent Ceramic -- 1.5.3 A Brief Progress History of All-Crystalline Transparent Ceramics -- Chapter 2 Electromagnetic Radiation: Interaction with Matter -- 2.1 Electromagnetic Radiation: Phenomenology and Characterizing Parameters -- 2.2 Interference and Polarization -- 2.3 Main Processes which Disturb Electromagnetic Radiation After Incidence on a Solid -- 2.3.1 Refraction

2.3.2 Reflection -- 2.3.3 Birefringence -- 2.3.4 Scattering -- 2.3.4.1 Scattering by Pores -- 2.3.4.2 Scattering Owed to Birefringence -- 2.3.5 Absorption -- 2.3.5.1 Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Cations in Transparent Ceramic Hosts -- 2.3.5.2 Absorption Spectra of Metal and Rare-Earth Cations Located in TC Hosts -- 2.3.5.2.1 TransitionMetal and Rare-Earth Cations'Electronic Spectra: Theoretical Basis -- 2.3.5.2.1.1 Electronic States of a Cation in Free Space -- 2.3.5.2.2 Absorption Spectra of Transition Metaland Rare-Earth Cations: Examples -- 2.3.5.2.2.1 The Considered Solid Hosts

2.4 Physical Processes Controlling Light Absorption in the Optical Window Vicinity -- 2.4.1 High Photon Energy Window Cutoff: Ultraviolet Light Absorption in Solids -- 2.4.2 Low Photon Energy Window Cutoff: Infrared Light Absorption in Solids -- 2.4.2.1 Molecular Vibrations -- 2.4.2.2 Solid Vibrations -- 2.4.2.3 Acoustic Modes -- 2.4.2.4 Optical Modes -- 2.5 Thermal Emissivity -- 2.6 Color of Solids -- 2.6.1 Quantitative Specification of Color -- 2.6.2 Coloration Mechanisms: Coloration Based on Conductive Colloids -- Chapter 3 Ceramics Engineering: Aspects Specific to Those Transparent

3.1 Processing -- 3.1.1 List of Main Processing Approaches -- 3.1.2 Powder Compacts Sintering -- 3.1.2.1 Configuration Requirements for High Green Body Sinterability: Factors of Influence -- 3.1.2.2 Powder Processing and Green-Body Forming -- 3.1.2.2.1 Agglomerates -- 3.1.2.2.2 Powder Processing -- 3.1.2.2.3 Forming Techniques -- 3.1.2.2.3.1 Press Forming -- 3.1.2.2.3.2 Liquid-Suspensions Based Forming -- 3.1.2.2.3.3 Slip-Casting Under StrongMagnetic Fields -- 3.1.2.2.3.4 Gravitational Deposition, Centrifugal-Casting, and Filter-Pressing -- 3.1.2.3 Sintering

John Wiley and Sons Wiley Frontlist Obook All English 2020