Defrosting Infrared Windows Using Transparent Metallic Nanostructures

    公开(公告)号:US20180359815A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:US15736534

    申请日:2016-06-15

    申请人: STC.UNM

    发明人: Sang Eon Han

    IPC分类号: H05B3/84

    摘要: An optoelectronic device having a self-defrosting/de-icing window configured to operate at an electromagnetic radiation frequency having metals that are optically transparent as a result of the wires having an effective plasma frequency that is equal to or lower than the electromagnetic frequency at which the device operates. The effective plasma frequency of the wire is lowered by configuring the path of the wire between the terminal ends to be meandering, serpentine, U-shaped and in other non-linear configurations. The metal wires are resistively heated.