Optical uses of diamondoid-containing materials
First Claim
1. An optical device comprising a diamondoid-containing material.
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Abstract
Novel optical devices based on diamondoid-containing materials are disclosed. Materials that may be fabricated from diamondoids included diamondoid nucleated CVD films, diamondoid-containing CVD films, molecular crystals, and polymerized materials. Devices that may be fabricated from the diamondoid-containing materials disclosed herein include solid state dye lasers, semiconductor lasers, light emitting diodes, photodetectors, photoresistors, phototransistors, photovoltaic cells, solar cells, anti-reflection coatings, lenses, mirrors, pressure windows, optical waveguides, and particle and radiation detectors.
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70 Claims
- 1. An optical device comprising a diamondoid-containing material.
- 4. A solid state dye laser comprising a diamondoid-containing lasing medium, an optical pumping system for delivering energy to the lasing medium, and an optical resonator for processing the light emitted from the lasing medium.
- 15. A semiconducting laser having a light emitting p-n junction comprising a p-type diamondoid-containing material positioned adjacent to an n-type material to form a p-n junction for light emission.
- 17. A semiconducting laser having a light emitting p-n junction comprising a n-type diamondoid-containing material positioned adjacent to an p-type material to form a p-n junction for light emission.
- 27. A light emitting diode comprising a diamondoid-containing material having a bandgap, and a means for generating an electric field to cause at least one electronic transition such that light is emitted from the diode.
- 37. A photodetector comprising a diamondoid-containing material having a bandgap, and a means of processing current from at least one electronic transition that results from the absorption of light by the material.
- 51. An anti-reflection coating comprising at least one alternating pair of a high refractive index diamondoid-containing layer and a low refractive index layer.
- 54. The anti-reflection coating of claim 54, wherein the refractive index of the diamondoid-containing material is at least 1.6.
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62. A method of generating laser light from a solid state dye laser, wherein the method comprises:
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a) providing a lasing medium that comprises a diamondoid-containing host material and at least one color center within the host material; and
b) subjecting the lasing medium to energetic stimulation sufficient to cause lasing.
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63. A method of generating laser light from a solid state dye laser, wherein the method comprises:
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a) providing a lasing medium that comprises a diamondoid-containing host material and at least one optically active dopant within the host material; and
b) subjecting the lasing medium to energetic stimulation sufficient to cause lasing.
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64. A method of generating laser light from a semiconductor laser, wherein the method comprises:
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a) positioning a p-type diamondoid containing material adjacent to an n-type material to form a p-n junction; and
b) applying a foward bias to the p-n junction, the foward bias sufficient to cause lasing.
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65. A method of generating laser light from a semiconductor laser, wherein the method comprises:
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a) positioning an n-type diamondoid containing material adjacent to an p-type material to form a p-n junction; and
b) applying a foward bias to the p-n junction, the foward bias sufficient to cause lasing.
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66. A method of generating light from a light emitting diode, wherein the method comprises:
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a) providing a diamondoid-containing material having a bandgap; and
b) applying an electric field across the diamondoid-containing material to cause an electronic transition to occur across the bandgap of the material, thereby generating laser light. - View Dependent Claims (67)
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68. A method of detecting light with a photodetector, the method comprising:
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a) providing a diamondoid-containing material having a bandgap; and
b) absorbing light by the diamondoid-containing material to cause an electronic transition to occur across the bandgap, thereby generating laser light. - View Dependent Claims (69)
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70. A method of reducing the amount of light reflected from a surface, the method comprising:
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a) providing an anti-reflection coating on the surface, the anti-reflection coating comprising at least one alternating pair of a high refractive index diamondoid-containing layer and a low refractive index layer; and
b) exposing the anti-reflection coating to light.
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