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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
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 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.