IP Library Granted Patent US 8,329,604
Granted Patent B2
US 8,329,604 · App. 12/351,998 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Silica glass containing TiO

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Patent No.
US 8,329,604
App. No.
12/351,998
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A silica glass containing TiO 2 , which has a fictive temperature of at most 1,200° C., a F concentration of at least 100 ppm and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 0±200 ppb/° C. from 0 to 100° C. A process for producing a silica glass containing TiO 2 , which comprises a step of forming a porous glass body on a target quartz glass particles obtained by flame hydrolysis of glass-forming materials, a step of obtaining a fluorine-containing porous glass body, a step of obtaining a fluorine-containing vitrified glass body, a step of obtaining a fluorine-containing formed glass body and a step of carrying out annealing treatment.

Claims (12)

1. A silica glass comprising TiO 2 , which exhibits a temperature width wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion becomes 0±5 ppb/° C. of at least 4.5° C., which has a fictive temperature of at most 890° C.

2. A silica glass comprising TiO 2 , which exhibits a temperature width wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion becomes 0±5 ppb/° C. of at least 5.0° C., which has a fictive temperature of at most 890° C.

3. A silica glass comprising TiO 2 , which exhibits a temperature width wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion becomes 0±5 ppb/° C. of at least 6.0° C., which has a fictive temperature of at most 890° C.

4. An EUVL exposure device comprising the silica glass according to claim 1 , wherein said glass is an optical material.

5. An EUVL exposure device comprising the silica glass according to claim 2 , wherein said glass is an optical material.

6. An EUVL exposure device comprising the silica glass according to claim 3 , wherein said glass is an optical material.

7. The silica glass according to claim 1 , which is doped with fluorine.

8. The silica glass according to claim 2 , which is doped with fluorine.

9. The silica glass according to claim 3 , which is doped with fluorine.

10. An EUVL exposure device comprising the silica glass according to claim 7 , wherein said glass is an optical material.

11. An EUVL exposure device comprising the silica glass according to claim 8 , wherein said glass is an optical material.

12. An EUVL exposure device comprising the silica glass according to claim 9 , wherein said glass is an optical material.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
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