Optical uses of diamondoid-containing materials
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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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- 1. An optical device comprising a diamondoid-containing material.
- 4. 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.
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14. 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 (15)
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