Attila Kinali wrote:
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:08:13 +0000
"Poul-Henning Kamp"<p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
Yes, but what is the issues relating to sapphire loading? What's the
cost of the sapphire block and having it machined?
It is a saphire tube, a readily available, if not exactly cheap, commodity.
Why saphir? Aluminia (AlO2) seems to be used as well to load H maser
cavities. Or is saphir in some way better?
Attila Kinali
Sapphire and ruby are slightly impure varieties of corundum the single
crystal form of aluminium oxide.
Sapphire and rubies just have different inpurities that impart colour to
the gem.
The microwave loss in single crystal alumina (sapphire, corundum) may be
somewhat lower than for the polycrystalline form.
Bruce
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