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Highly oriented metal fluoride thin film waveguide articles on a substrate
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1994-01-25
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Granted: 1996-02-20
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Expires: 2014-01-25
Abstract
Abstract A highly oriented thin film of specific barium fluoride materials deposited at low temperatures are useful as Upconversion waveguides.
Inventors
- 👤 Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt
- 👤 Liang-Sun Hung
- 👤 James M. Chwalek
- 👤 Anna L. Hrycin
- 👤 Dilip K. Chatterjee
- 👤 Duncan A. Richards
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-26 16:06
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F2/00; G02F2/02; C; C30; C30B; C30B23/00; C30B23/02; C30B29/00; C30B29/10; C30B29/12; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/10; G02B6/102; H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/05; H01S3/06; H01S3/063; H01S3/09; H01S3/091; H01S3/094; H01S3/094092; H01S3/14; H01S3/16; H01S3/1601; H01S3/1603; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
An article which can be used as an Upconversion waveguide comprising: a substrate and a thin highly oriented crystalline film comprising an alkaline earth fluoride and at least one mixture of rare earth fluorides on the substrate selected so that the article is capable of converting IR radiation and visible light into visible RGB-UV radiation and which have the formula BaLn.sub.2 F.sub.8 I. or Ba.sub.1-x Ln.sub.x F.sub.2+x II. wherein Ln is a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Ho, Er, Tm and Pr and x is in a sufficient amount up to 0.27 to cause Upconversion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
An article which can be used as an Upconversion waveguide comprising: a substrate and a thin highly oriented crystalline film comprising an alkaline earth fluoride and at least one mixture of rare earth fluorides on the substrate selected so that the article is capable of converting IR radiation and visible light into visible RGB-UV radiation and which have the formula BaLn.sub.2 F.sub.8 I. or Ba.sub.1-x Ln.sub.x F.sub.2+x II. wherein Ln is a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Ho, Er, Tm and Pr and x is in a sufficient amount up to 0.27 to cause Upconversion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
An article as in claim 1 wherein the substrate is selected to have a lower refractive index than the thin film and the substrate is selected from the group consisting of silicon coated with silicon oxide, and a polymeric material coated with at least one selected from the group consisting of lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, strontium fluoride, barium fluoride, and silicon oxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The article as set forth in claim 1 wherein an interfacial buffer layer is disposed between the substrate and the thin film the buffer layer being selected from the group consisting of lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, strontium fluoride, barium fluoride, and silicon oxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The article as set forth in claim 1 wherein the substrate is a polymeric material coated directly by the thin film.
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