Abstract 1. A METHOD OF DEPOSITING A LAYER OF CHALCOGENIDE GLASS ON THE SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE FROM A MIXTURE OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS, EACH OF SAID COMPOUNDS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID GLASS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) INTRODUCING A PREDETERMINED MIXTURE OF SAID GASEOUS COMPOUNDS INTO A PARTIALLY EVACUATED ELECTRODE LESS DISCHARGE REACTION CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET AND OUTLET; (B) POSITIONING A SUBSTATE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID REACTION CHAMBER INTERMEDIATE SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLER; (C) EXCITING AN ELECTROLESS GLOW DISCHARGE PROXIMATE SAID SUBSTRATE WHEREBY SAID MIXTURE OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS BECOMES ENERGIZED WITHIN SAID ELECTRODELESS DISCHARGE AND DISSOCIATED INTO THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID GLASS; (D) DIRECTING SAID CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ONTO SAID SUBSTRATE BY MAGNETIC MEANS; AND (E) REMOVING GASEOUS BYPRODUCTS FROM THE DISSOCIATION OF SAID GASEOUS COMPOUNDS FROM THE REACTION CHAMBER BY MEANS OF THE OUTLET.
A METHOD OF DEPOSITING A LAYER OF CHALCOGENIDE GLASS ON THE SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE FROM A MIXTURE OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS, EACH OF SAID COMPOUNDS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID GLASS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) INTRODUCING A PREDETERMINED MIXTURE OF SAID GASEOUS COMPOUNDS INTO A PARTIALLY EVACUATED ELECTRODE LESS DISCHARGE REACTION CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET AND OUTLET; (B) POSITIONING A SUBSTATE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID REACTION CHAMBER INTERMEDIATE SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLER; (C) EXCITING AN ELECTROLESS GLOW DISCHARGE PROXIMATE SAID SUBSTRATE WHEREBY SAID MIXTURE OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS BECOMES ENERGIZED WITHIN SAID ELECTRODELESS DISCHARGE AND DISSOCIATED INTO THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID GLASS; (D) DIRECTING SAID CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ONTO SAID SUBSTRATE BY MAGNETIC MEANS; AND (E) REMOVING GASEOUS BYPRODUCTS FROM THE DISSOCIATION OF SAID GASEOUS COMPOUNDS FROM THE REACTION CHAMBER BY MEANS OF THE OUTLET.
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A METHOD OF DEPOSITING A LAYER OF CHALCOGENIDE GLASS ON THE SURFACE OF A SUBSTRATE FROM A MIXTURE OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS, EACH OF SAID COMPOUNDS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID GLASS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) INTRODUCING A PREDETERMINED MIXTURE OF SAID GASEOUS COMPOUNDS INTO A PARTIALLY EVACUATED ELECTRODE LESS DISCHARGE REACTION CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET AND OUTLET; (B) POSITIONING A SUBSTATE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID REACTION CHAMBER INTERMEDIATE SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLER; (C) EXCITING AN ELECTROLESS GLOW DISCHARGE PROXIMATE SAID SUBSTRATE WHEREBY SAID MIXTURE OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS BECOMES ENERGIZED WITHIN SAID ELECTRODELESS DISCHARGE AND DISSOCIATED INTO THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF SAID GLASS; (D) DIRECTING SAID CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ONTO SAID SUBSTRATE BY MAGNETIC MEANS; AND (E) REMOVING GASEOUS BYPRODUCTS FROM THE DISSOCIATION OF SAID GASEOUS COMPOUNDS FROM THE REACTION CHAMBER BY MEANS OF THE OUTLET.