Use of polarization in imaging the resid
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Derek J. Gardiner; Michael Bowden; Samuel H. Margueron; David R. Clarke
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Article
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2007
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Residual and applied stresses modify the characteristic R-line luminescence from trace amounts of Cr 3+ incorporated in aluminum oxide. This piezospectroscopic effect has been extensively used to measure, and image, stress distributions in a variety of aluminum oxides, including those formed by the