Claims
- 1. A method of making a visible-to-infrared transducer including the steps of
- (a) preparing a thermally insulating film on the order of 500A thick on a supporting structure;
- (b) placing the film-structure combination in a soft inert vacuum with a trace of oxygen atmosphere;
- (c) depositing onto said film while in said atmosphere a layer of a radiation absorber to a density on the order of 80.times.10.sup.-6 gm/cm.sup.2 ;
- (d) removing said combination from said atmosphere;
- (e) mounting said combination in an air-tight housing; and (f) evacuating said housing.
- 2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein said radiation absorber is gold black with a trace of either copper black, nickel black, or palladium black therein.
Government Interests
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used, and licensed by the U.S. Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon.
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