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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2003
Prashant G. Karandikar, Avondale, PA (US);
Jai R. Singh, Trumbull, CT (US);
Clarence A. Andersson, Wallingford, PA (US);
Prashant G. Karandikar, Avondale, PA (US);
Jai R. Singh, Trumbull, CT (US);
Clarence A. Andersson, Wallingford, PA (US);
M Cubed Technologies, Inc., Monroe, CT (US);
Abstract
A mirror having low density, low CTE, high thermal conductivity, high elastic modulus, and a reflective, polishable surface. The instant mirror features a silicon-based metal coating as the reflective surface, and a composite body as a support or substrate for the reflecting surface. The composite body features carbon fibers reinforcing a matrix containing silicon metal and optionally some silicon carbide. The metal coating can be elemental silicon metal, possibly in amorphous form, and can be applied by a vapor deposition process such as chemical vapor deposition (e.g., plasma enhanced CVD) or physical vapor deposition such as evaporation or electron beam PVD.