ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,508, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to L3Harris Technologies Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Absorbing substrate mirror" was invented by Edward Miesak (Windermere, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided for herein is a mirror including a substrate and a reflective coating, wherein the substrate is absorptive at a first wavelength and transmissive at a second wavelength, wherein the reflective coating is reflective at the first wavelength; and wherein the reflective coating is arranged on a first side of the substrate opposite a second side of the substrate; a first radiation source configured to transmit radiation at the first wavele...