Defects and Optical Property of Single-crystal Sapphire Fibers Grown by Edge-defined Film-fed Growth Method

Donghai WANG; Wentao HOU; Na LI; Dongzhen LI; Xiaodong XU; Jun XU; Qingguo WANG; Huili TANG

doi:10.15541/jim20190573

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