Low loss visible-IR transmitting glass-aluminum oxynitride composites and process
NRL
This invention pertains to a composite of AlON and a germanate glass, and to a process for bonding AlON to the glass. The composite includes AlON and glass bonded together and having transmission in the visible and mid-infrared wavelength region. The process includes the step of heating them together above the softening temperature of the glass, the composite having excellent, i.e., typically in excess of about 60%, transmission in the 0.4-5 wavelength region.
Inventors:
Bayya, Shyam S.; Sanghera, Jasbinder S.; Villalobos, Guillermo; Chin, Geoffrey; Aggarwal, Ishwar D.
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Materials and Coatings
FIle Date:
2005-10-13
Grant Date:
2011-04-19
Grant time:
2,014 days
Grant time percentile rank:
37
Claim count percentile rank:
3
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
