Optical uses of diamondoid-containing materials

• US 20080094724A1
• Filed: 12/22/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chevron USA Incorporated (Chevron Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Chevron USA Incorporated (Chevron Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Shenggao, Carlson, Robert, Dahl, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US11/643,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20080094724A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/642
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/27 Diamond only
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 16/278 doping or introduction of a secondary phase in the diamond
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/111 using layers comprising organic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/14 characterised by the material used as the active medium
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/163 characterised by a crystal matrix
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/1681 using colour centres
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/30 Self-sustaining carbon mass or layer with impregnant or other layer

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.

Claims

1. An optical device comprising a diamondoid-containing material, wherein the optical device is selected from the group consisting of a photoresistor, a phototransistor, a photovoltaic cell, and a solar cell.

2. The optical device of claim 1, wherein the diamondoid-containing material comprises at least one higher diamondoid.

3. The optical device of claim 1, wherein the at least one higher diamondoid is a derivatized higher diamondoid.

5. The optical device of claim 1, wherein the diamondoid-containing material is selected from the group consisting of a CVD-deposited film, a molecular crystal, and a polymerized material.

6. The optical device of claim 1, wherein the diamondoid-containing material comprises at least one diamondoid selected from the group consisting of adamantane, diamantane, and triamantane, and heterodiamondoid derivatives thereof.

7. The optical device of claim 1, wherein the diamondoid-containing material comprises at least one diamondoid selected from the group consisting of tetramantane, pentamantane, hexamantane, heptamantane, octamantane, nonamantane, decamantane, and undecamantane, and heterodiamondoid derivatives thereof.

8. The optical device of claim 1, wherein the diamondoid-containing material comprises at least one heterodiamondoid derivative.

9. The optical device of claim 6, wherein the diamondoid-containing material comprises at least one heterodiamondoid derivative.

10. The optical device of claim 7, wherein the diamondoid-containing material comprises at least one heterodiamondoid derivative.

4. (canceled)