ALON® optical ceramic can meet or beat the performance specifications of sapphire in most applications, according to the company. With broadband transparency and a cubic crystal structure, the ceramic is transparent in its polycrystalline form, which means that components can be made using conventional and versatile ceramic powder processing techniques to complex geometries, in larger sizes, and in varying thicknesses. In addition to its transparency, the ceramic combines excellent mechanical, physical, electrical and chemical properties.

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