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Light absorbing coating with high absorption capacity

US6335142B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Etienne Quesnel · Grenoble, FR
Patrick Chaton · Theys, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 1998
Grant date	Jan 1, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 16, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B7/135
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Light absorbing coating with high absorption capacity.This coating comprises at least one thin optically discontinuous metal layer (8), absorbent within a determined spectral range in the visible-near infrared range, and at least one dielectric layer (10) transparent within this range and formed on the thin layer. Application to imagery.

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