Combinatorial method foe development of optical ceramics
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSteven Jude Duclos, Charles David Greskovich
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Abstract
A method of preparing and testing an array of ceramics for optical properties, comprising: providing a host material that is capable of being made optically transparent or translucent upon sintering; forming the host material into an array of pixels attached to a base plate; doping the host material; reacting the host material and the dopant, to form an array of products; and testing the products for optical properties.
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A method of preparing and testing an array of ceramics for optical properties, the method comprising:
- providing a block of the host material that is capable of being made optically transparent or translucent upon sintering;
- forming the block into an array of pixels;
- doping each of the pixels with at least a dopant;
- reacting the host material of each of the pixel with said at least a dopant to form an array of products;
- sintering the array of products to produce the array of ceramics;
- and
- testing the array of ceramics for the optical properties.
A method of preparing and testing an array of ceramics for optical properties, comprising:
- providing a host material that is capable of being made optically transparent or translucent upon sintering;
- forming the host material into an array of pixels attached to a base plate;
- doping the host material with at least a dopant;
- reacting the host material and said at least a dopant, to form an array of products;
- placing a material between the pixels;
- and
- testing the products for optical properties.
A method of preparing and testing an array of ceramic scintillators for optical properties, the method comprising:
- providing a block of the host material that is capable of being made optically transparent or translucent upon sintering;
- forming the block into an array of pixels;
- doping each of the pixels with at least a dopant;
- reacting the host material of each of the pixel with said at least a dopant to form an array of ceramic products;
- sintering the array of ceramic products to produce the array of ceramic scintillators;
- and
- testing the array of ceramic scintillators for the optical properties.
A method of preparing and testing an array of ceramic scintillators for optical properties, the method comprising:
- providing a block of the host material that is capable of being made optically transparent or translucent upon sintering, the block having a porosity;
- forming the block into an array of porous pixels;
- doping each of the porous pixels with at least a dopant by imbibing said at least a dopant thereinto;
- reacting the host material of each of the pixel with said at least a dopant to form an array of ceramic products;
- sintering the array of ceramic products to produce the array of ceramic scintillators;
- and
- testing the array of ceramic scintillators for the optical properties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.