Compositions – Light transmission modifying compositions
Patent
1998-04-10
1999-11-09
Tucker, Philip
Compositions
Light transmission modifying compositions
252584, 359328, 423266, 423275, 423508, 423509, F21V 900, G02B 520, G02F 135, C01B 1904
Patent
active
059807890
ABSTRACT:
A new method for improving the mechanical properties and nonlinear optical performance characteristics of gallium selenide crystals (GaSe) is disclosed. A charge of GaSe crystals was doped with indium before being made into a crystal. The indium-doped GaSe crystals have improved physical properties in that they can be cut along the cleave planes and the cleaved surfaces polished without the usual delaminations typically observed in prior art pure GaSe crystals. The indium-doped crystals were tested in a second harmonic generation (SHG) system and found to have nearly twice the SHG efficiency as pure, or undoped, GaSe crystals.
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Balakrishna Vijay
Fernelius Nils C.
Singh Narsingh B.
Suhre Dennis R.
Kundert Thomas L.
Sinder Fredric L.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tucker Philip
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