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AssigneeNeoPhotonics Corporation
InventorsCraig R. Horne, Pierre J. DeMascarel, Christian C. Honeker, Benjamin Chaloner-Gill, Herman A. Lopez, Xiangxin Bi, Ronald J. Mosso, William E. McGovern, James T. Gardner, Sujeet Kumar, James A. Gilliam, Vince Pham, Eric Euvrard, Shivkumar Chiruvolu, Jesse Jur
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Nanoscale particles, particle coatings/particle arrays and corresponding consolidated materials are described based on an ability to vary the composition involving a wide range of metal and/or metalloid elements and corresponding compositions. In particular, metalloid oxides and metal-metalloid compositions are described in the form of improved nanoscale particles and coatings formed from the nanoscale particles. Compositions comprising rare earth metals and dopants/additives with rare earth metals are described. Complex compositions with a range of host compositions and dopants/additives can be formed using the approaches described herein. The particle coating can take the form of particle arrays that range from collections of disbursable primary particles to fused networks of primary particles forming channels that reflect the nanoscale of the primary particles. Suitable materials for optical applications are described along with some optical devices of interest.
A collection of amorphous particles comprising non-rare earth metal/metalloid host composition and a rare earth metal dopant/additive, the collection of particles having an average primary particle diameters less than about 500 nm.
A collection of amorphous particles comprising a metalloid oxide selected from the group consisting of B2O3 and TeO2, and a metal/metalloid dopant/additive, the collection of particles having an average diameter no more than about 1000 nm, wherein the particles comprise at least about 51 mole percent metalloid oxide content relative to the total metalloid oxide and dopant/additive composition content of the particles.
A collection of particles comprising a metalloid oxide selected from the group consisting of B2O3 and TeO2, the collection of particles having an average diameter no more than about 250 nm.
A collection of amorphous particles comprising GeO2 and a metal/metalloid dopant/additive, the collection of particles having an average diameter no more than about 500 nm.
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