Method for making mirrored surfaces comprising superconducting material

Patent · 31 December 1988

OSTI ID:867211

Early, James T ^[1]; Hargrove, R Steven ^[2]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. Danville, CA

Superconducting mirror surfaces are provided by forming a mirror surface from a material which is superconductive at a temperature above about 40.degree. K. and adjusting the temperature of the surface to that temperature at which the material is superconducting. The mirror surfaces are essentially perfect reflectors for electromagnetic radiation with photon energy less than the superconducting band gap.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4886776
• OSTI ID: 867211
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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