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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen H Propst, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Geoffrey A Walter, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Assignee:
Santa Barbara Research Center, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359359 ; 264 56 ;
Abstract
Infrared transmitting windows having a diamond support are formed by first depositing diamond (14) on a mold (10) comprising a material which can withstand the optimum diamond growth temperatures. A germanium carbide adhesive layer (18) is deposited on the diamond layer Next, ZnSe, ZnS, or other index-matching material (16) is deposited on top of the diamond coating. Finally, the mold is removed. The end product is a diamond/ZnS(e) IR window requiring little or no polishing of diamond surfaces.