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Multilayer stack of fluoride materials usable in optics and its production process

US5879820A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 1997
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/913
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a multilayer stack of fluoride materials usable in optics and its production process. This stack is constituted by alternating layers of a first, high index, fluoride material such as YF.sub.3 and a second, low index fluoride material such as LiF, able to form together a specific, stable compound such as YLiF.sub.4, so that the interface between two adjacent layers of the stack is at least partly formed from said compound.

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