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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1994
Roger J Araujo, Horseheads, NY (US);
Nicholas F Borrelli, Elmira, NY (US);
Josef C Lapp, Corning, NY (US);
David W Morgan, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A glass article that is effective in polarizing radiation in the range of 400-700 nm and method of making, the glass having an R.sub.2 O--Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 --B.sub.2 O.sub.3 --SiO.sub.2 base glass composition, a precipitated crystal phase consisting of a halide selected from the group composed of cuprous, cadmium and mixed cuprous-cadmium halides, the crystals in the crystal phase being elongated, and a portion of the crystals near the surface of the article being at least partially reduced to colloidal copper, whereby the article exhibits permanent dichroic behavior and has a polarization efficiency across the entire wavelength range of 400-700 nm of at least 0.80.