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US 2022/0121002 A1Published application
Optical device with thermally conductive fingers and related method
AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAravinda Kar, Chandraika Sugrim
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Abstract
An optical device may include an optical body having first and second opposing sides, and passageways extending between the first and second opposing sides. The optical device includes a mirror layer carried by the optical body adjacent the second opposing side, thermally conductive fingers extending in the passageways, and a heatsink carried by the optical body adjacent the first opposing side and coupled to the thermally conductive fingers.
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An optical device comprising:
- an optical body having first and second opposing sides, and a plurality of passageways extending between the first and second opposing sides;
- a mirror layer carried by the optical body adjacent the second opposing side;
- a plurality of thermally conductive fingers extending in the plurality of passageways;
- and
- a heatsink carried by the optical body adjacent the first opposing side and coupled to the plurality of thermally conductive fingers.
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An optical device comprising:
- an optical body having first and second opposing sides, and a plurality of passageways extending between the first and second opposing sides, the optical body comprising a contiguous and integral glass material;
- a mirror layer carried by the optical body adjacent the second opposing side;
- a plurality of thermally conductive fingers extending in the plurality of passageways;
- a heatsink carried by the optical body adjacent the first opposing side and coupled to the plurality of thermally conductive fingers;
- and
- a thermistor coupled adjacent to the second opposing side of the optical body.
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A method for making an optical device comprising:
- forming an optical body having first and second opposing sides, and a plurality of passageways extending between the first and second opposing sides;
- forming a mirror layer carried by the optical body adjacent the second opposing side;
- forming a plurality of thermally conductive fingers extending in the plurality of passageways;
- and
- coupling a heatsink to be carried by the optical body adjacent the first opposing side and to the plurality of thermally conductive fingers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.