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Lead-bismuth glasses for acoustooptic and magnetooptic devices

US3947089A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1975
Grant dateMar 30, 1976
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Expiry dateMay 5, 1995

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S501/901
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are stable, homogeneous GeO.sub.2 -B.sub.2 O.sub.3 -PbO-Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 glass compositions having high indices of refraction, low sound velocities, low acoustic loss and high Verdet constants which render them useful in acoustooptic and magnetooptic devices.

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