Method of fabricating germanium bodies

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A LAYER OF N CONDUCTIVITY TYPE GERMANIUM UPON A BODY OF P CONDUCTIVITY TYPE GERMANIUM WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF MOUNTING SAID GERMANIUM BODY AND A QUANTITY OF INTRINSIC OR NEAR INTRINSIC GERMANIUM IN A SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITHIN A CLOSABLE CONTAINER, PLACING A QUANTITY OF ANY ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TELLURIUM, SELENIUM, AND SULFUR IN SAID CONTAINER, ESTABLISHING AN INERT ATMOSPHERE AT A PRESSURE BELOW ATMOSPHERIC WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, AND APPLYING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT TO SAID CONTAINER SO THAT GERMANIUM BODY IS MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID QUANTITY OF GERMANIUM MATERIAL, SAID GRADIENT BEING SUCH THAT THE ELEMENT OF SAID GROUP IS VAPORIZED ANY PLACE WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID GRADIENT BEING MAINTAINED UNTIL A LAYER OF DESIRED THICKNESS IS FORMED.