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Transparent ceramic has become a hot-topic due to the impact that these kind of materials will have in several technological areas, but specially for aerospace and solid state laser applications.Different types of transparent and translucent ceramics will be reviewed. Afterwards, the defects that limit the transparency of ceramics will be briefly explained. Consequently, the processing related to transparent ceramics has been specifically designed to avoid or minimize them.
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Several examples of transparent ceramics fabrication will be presented, with special emphasis in Hot Isostatic Pressing and Spark Plasma Sintering, optical characterization methods, both theoretical and experimental are being to be described.