Abstract:
Acousto-optic devices comprising a transducer bonded to an acousto-optic medium having improved bonds are made by a process whereby the surfaces to be joined are first roughened, a primer metal layer is coated onto the acousto-optic medium, which primer metal is the metal which is chemically bonded to oxygen in the acousto-optic medium, the primer layer is cooled, a layer of a conductive metal and a layer of indium are deposited onto both surfaces to be bonded and the indium layers pressed together in a vacuum.