Physical Properties of Diamond and Sapphire

Roshan L. Aggarwal retired from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) effective April 1, 2016 after 51 years of service. He is currently working as Part-Time Flexible Technical Staff in Group 81 "Chemical, Microsystem, and Nanoscale Technologies" at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Previously, he was Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory for 30 years (1986-2016), Senior Research Scientist, MIT Physics Department for 12 years (1975-1987), Associate Director, MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory for 7 years (1977-1984), and Technical Staff, MIT Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory for 12 years (1965-1977). Dr. Aggarwal is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Senior Member of the Optical Society of America, a Fellow of the Punjab Academy of Sciences, and a Recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.Anant K. Ramdas retired as the Lark-Horovitz Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics in 2016 after 60 years of service at Purdue University. He received his Ph. D. in Physics from Poona University, India in 1956; his thesis advisor was Prof. C. V. Raman. Professor Ramdas is a Recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior U. S. Scientist Award, Recipient of the Raman Centenary Medal of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Frank Isakson Prize of the American Physical Society, Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, Ruth and Joel Spira Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, and Herbert Newby McCoy Award of Purdue University. Prof. Ramdas is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Optical Society of America, Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.

"This book is an outstanding monograph for diamond and sapphire materials system. The authors are outstanding researchers who know what is important in solid-state physics and emerging materials development. Their expertise comes out strongly in this book. This book is sure to be adopted by faculty teaching advanced graduate courses in solid-state and optoelectronic materials and professional researchers."--Prof. Dennis L. Polla, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)/Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota (ret.)"This monogram describes essential details of crystal structure and growth, mechanical properties, thermal proper­ties, optic-al properties, and light scatter­ing properties of diamond and sapphire materials. It focuses on the physical prop­erties of these two materials by providing descriptions for each property and graph­ical data. The data provided describes the physical property over a range. For example, optical transmission is shown over the wavelength range from UV to far IR for both diamond and sapphire. Properties covered include mechani­cal (hardness, tensile and compressive strength, Young's modulus, and elastic constants), thermal (expansion, specific heat, conductivity), optical (transmission range, refractive index, absorption), light scattering (Raman· and Brillouin scatter­ing). The optical operation of two lasers are briefly discussed - chromium-doped and titanium-doped sapphire lasers. This book would be of interest to re­searchers in industry or academia in ma­terial science or engineering who may use these materials in their work and need a handy material property reference for comparing physical properties of dia­mond and sapphire materials."--John J. Shea, Physical Properties of Diamond and Sapphire. IEEE Electrical Insulation magazine.

• Preface AcknowledgementAuthors Chapter 1 Introduction Diamond Sapphire Chapter 2 Crystal Structure and Growth2.1 Diamond2.2 SapphireChapter 3 Mechanical Properties of Diamond3.1 Hardness3.2 Tensile Strength3.3 Compressive Strength3.4 Young’s ModulusChapter 4 Mechanical Properties of Sapphire4.1 Hardness4.2 Tensile Strength4.3 Compressive Strength4.4 Young’s ModulusChapter 5 Thermal Properties of Diamond5.1 Thermal Expansion5.2 Specific Heat5.3 Thermal ConductivityChapter 6 Thermal Properties of Sapphire6.1 Thermal Expansion6.2 Specific Heat6.3 Thermal ConductivityChapter 7 Optical Properties of Diamond7.1 Transmission7.2 Refractive Index7.3 AbsorptionChapter 8 Optical Properties of Sapphire8.1 Transmission and Absorption8.2 Refractive IndexChapter 9 Light Scattering of Diamond9.1 Raman Scattering9.2 Brillouin ScatteringChapter 10 Light Scattering of Sapphire10.1 Raman Scattering10.2 Brillouin ScatteringChapter 11 Sapphire Lasers11.1 Chromium-Doped Sapphire Laser11.2 Titanium-Doped Sapphire Laser ReferencesIndex