Inventors:
Muhammad A. Khan - White Bear Lake MN
Jonathon N. Kuznia - Bloomington MN
James M. Van Hove - Eagan MN
Assignee:
APA Optics, Inc. - Blaine MN
International Classification:
G02B 528, F21V 904, H01L 2714
Abstract:
The invention is a filter device of at least two layers, the first layer of Al. sub. x Ga. sub. (1-x) N and the second layer of Al. sub. y Ga. sub. (1-y) N wherein x and y may have any value from 0 to 1. The invention may be used as a fixed wavelength or tunable wavelength filter or in ultraviolet detectors and laser devices, among other systems. Applications for the invention include detection of UV radiation in environments having a high level of incident infrared and visible radiation, as well as applications requiring detection of UV emission when no other radiation is present.