Published June 20, 2000 | Version v1
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Durable silver coating for mirrors

Creators

Description

A durable multilayer mirror includes reflective layers of aluminum and silver and has high reflectance over a broad spectral range from ultraviolet to visible to infrared. An adhesion layer of a nickel and/or chromium alloy or nitride is deposited on an aluminum surface, and a thin layer of silver is then deposited on the adhesion layer. The silver layer is protected by a passivation layer of a nickel and/or chromium alloy or nitride and by one or more durability layers made of metal oxides and typically a first layer of metal nitride. The durability layers may include a composite silicon aluminum nitride and an oxinitride transition layer to improve bonding between nitride and oxide layers

Availability note (English)

Available from Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (US)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
[10 p.]
IPC:
Int. Cl. G02B 1/10
IPC
Int. Cl. G02B 1/10
Patent number
US patent document 9-329,145

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
31039996
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ADHESIVES; ALUMINIUM; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LASER MIRRORS; LAYERS; MIRRORS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; REFLECTIVITY; SILVER; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; USES
Descriptors DEC
COATINGS; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; METALS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS