| US 7,348,076 B2 | ||
| Single crystals and methods for fabricating same | ||
| John Walter Locher, Amherst, N.H. (US); Steven Anthony Zanella, Dublin, N.H. (US); Ralph Lampson MacLean, Jr., Manchester, N.H. (US); and Herbert Ellsworth Bates, Amherst, N.H. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc., Worcester, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/820,468. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0227117 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B32B 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 428—702 [428/220; 428/213; 428/332; 117/922; 117/944] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A sapphire single crystal, comprising:
a single crystal sheet having a length, width and thickness, wherein length >width>thickness, the width is not less than about
15 cm, and the thickness is not less than about 0.5 cm.
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