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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Shyam S. Bayya, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Guillermo Villalobos, Springfield, VA (US);
Geoffrey Chin, Alexandria, VA (US);
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Fairfax, VA (US);
Shyam S. Bayya, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Guillermo Villalobos, Springfield, VA (US);
Geoffrey Chin, Alexandria, VA (US);
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Fairfax, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a composite of Spinel and BGG glass substrates and to process for bonding Spinel to BGG glass. The composite includes a Spinel and a BGG 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 BGG glass, the composite having excellent, i.e., typically in excess of about 80%, transmission in the 0.5-5 wavelength region.