Scale up of large ALON and Spinel windows

Lee M. Goldman; Uday Kashalikar; Mohan Ramisetty; Santosh Jha; Suri Sastri

doi:10.1117/12.2269467

3 May 2017 Scale up of large ALON^® and spinel windows

Lee M. Goldman, Uday Kashalikar, Mohan Ramisetty, Santosh Jha, Suri Sastri

Proceedings Volume 10179, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XV; 101790J (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269467
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

Aluminum Oxynitride (ALON^® Transparent Ceramic) and Magnesia Aluminate Spinel (Spinel) combine broadband transparency with excellent mechanical properties. Their cubic structure means that they are transparent in their polycrystalline form, allowing them to be manufactured by conventional powder processing techniques.

Surmet has scaled up its ALON^® production capability to produce and deliver windows as large as 4.4 sq ft. We have also produced our first 6 sq ft window. We are in the process of producing 7 sq ft ALON^® window blanks for armor applications; and scale up to even larger, high optical quality blanks for Recce window applications is underway.

Surmet also produces spinel for customers that require superior transmission at the longer wavelengths in the mid wave infra-red (MWIR). Spinel windows have been limited to smaller sizes than have been achieved with ALON. To date the largest spinel window produced is 11x18-in, and windows 14x20-in size are currently in process. Surmet is now scaling up its spinel processing capability to produce high quality window blanks as large as 19x27-in for sensor applications.

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Lee M. Goldman, Uday Kashalikar, Mohan Ramisetty, Santosh Jha, and Suri Sastri "Scale up of large ALON^® and spinel windows", Proc. SPIE 10179, Window and Dome Technologies and Materials XV, 101790J (3 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269467

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