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Therefore, a regenerable window composed of an optically transparent polysilicon-carbide membrane with a diameter ranging from 100 \u00b5m up to 2000 \u00b5m has been fabricated in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. In the first operating mode, window transparency is periodically restored by pulsed heating of the membrane using an integrated resistor for heating to temperatures that result in oxidation of deposited soot (600\u2013700 \u00b0C). In the second mode, the membrane is kept transparent by repelling soot particles using thermophoresis. The same integrated resistor is used to yield a temperature gradient by continuous moderate-temperature heating. Realized devices have been subjected to laboratory soot exposure experiments. Membrane temperatures exceeding 500 \u00b0C have been achieved without damage to the membrane. 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