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Photoluminescent materials and associated process and infrared sensing device
Assignee: GIMMEL GERALD K PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTATE OF JOSEPH LINDMAYER
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Filing: 1986-06-05
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Granted: 1989-05-16
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Expires: 2006-06-05
Abstract
Abstract Photoluminescent materials useful for detection of infrared light are constructed using a base material of strontium sulfide. Barium sulfate is used to increase brightness of output light of the materials, whereas lithium floride is used to allow the material to be fused together. Samarium and either cerium oxide or europium oxide are used in specific examples for providing electron traps in the photoluminescent material. An infrared sensing device or card may be constructed using the material. The photoluminescent material is made according to a process involving heating of the material to a fusing point, grinding the material after cooling, and reheating the material to below the fusing temperature. The material is then placed in a transparent binder and applied to a substrate. An alternate process involves applying the components of the photoluminescent material to a substrate of aluminum oxide and fusing the components onto the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph Lindmayer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 06:16
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11C; G11C13/00; G11C13/04; G01; G01T; G01T1/00; G01T1/02; G01T1/10; G01T1/11; G01T1/16; G01T1/20; G01T1/2012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A process for coating a substrate with an electron trapping photoluminescent material, comprising the steps of: a. mixing, I. a base material selected from the group of alkaline earth metal sulfides and alkaline earth metal selenides, II. a first dopant of 50 to 300 parts per million by weight of samarium, and III. a second dopant selected from europium oxide, europium fluoride, europium chloride, europium sulfide, and cerium oxide; b. vapor depositing said mixture to a thickness of at least 0.5 microns upon a substrate of aluminum oxide to obtain a thin film device; and c. fusing the deposited materials into a crystalline form of electron trapping photoluminescent material and bonding the photoluminescent material to the substrate solely by heating the deposited materials and substrate in an atmosphere flushed with a dry inert gas.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A process for coating a substrate with an electron trapping photoluminescent material, comprising the steps of: a. mixing, I. a base material selected from the group of alkaline earth metal sulfides and alkaline earth metal selenides, II. a first dopant of 50 to 300 parts per million by weight of samarium, and III. a second dopant selected from europium oxide, europium fluoride, europium chloride, europium sulfide, and cerium oxide; b. vapor depositing said mixture to a thickness of at least 0.5 microns upon a substrate of aluminum oxide to obtain a thin film device; and c. fusing the deposited materials into a crystalline form of electron trapping photoluminescent material and bonding the photoluminescent material to the substrate solely by heating the deposited materials and substrate in an atmosphere flushed with a dry inert gas.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as described in claim 1, wherein the substrate is selected to be sapphire.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as described in claim 1, wherein the material is deposited by physical deposition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as described in claim 3, wherein the physical deposition is accomplished by evaporation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as described in claim 3, wherein the physical deposition is accomplished by sputtering.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as described in claim 1, wherein the heating step is accomplished at a temperature of at least 950° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process as described in claim 1, wherein said mixing step includes mixing from 50 to 300 ppm by weight of samarium and between 300 and 800 ppm by weight of europium oxide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process as described in claim 1, wherein said mixing step includes mixing between 50 and 200 ppm by weight of samarium and between 300 and 1500 ppm by weight of serium oxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as described in claim1, wherein said material is deposited on said substrated by evaporation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A process as described in claim 1, wherein said material is deposited on said substrated by sputtering.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process as described in claim 9, wherein the substrate is selected to be sapphire.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process is described in claim 10, wherein the substrate is selected to be sapphire.
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