IP Library Granted Patent US 12,466,759
Granted Patent B2
US 12,466,759 · App. 17/523,515 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Optical glass, optical element composed of optical glass, optical system interchangeable lens, and optical device

Inventors: Kohei Yoshimoto (Kawasaki, JP); Motoi Ueda (Naka, JP); Hiroshi Yamamoto (Yamato, JP); Tatsunori Kawashima (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
C03C3/068C03C3/155C03C2201/10C03C2201/3411C03C2201/3417C03C2201/3452C03C2201/36
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Patent No.
US 12,466,759
App. No.
17/523,515
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical glass includes, in terms of mol % of cations, a total amount of La 3+ , Y 3+ , and Gd 3+ components falling within a range of from 5% to 65% and a total amount of Zr 4+ , Hf 4+ , and Ta 5+ components falling within a range of from 5% to 65%, and a relationship expressed in Expression (1) given below is satisfied. (La 3+ +Y 3+ +Gd 3+ )×(Zr 4+ +Hf 4+ +Ta 5+ )≥400(%) 2 .

Claims (54)

1 . An optical glass, comprising:

in terms of mol % of cations,

a Ta 5+ component falling within a range of 0% to 20%,

a total amount of La 3+ , Y 3+ , and Gd 3+ components falling within a range of 5% to 65%; and

a total amount of Zr 4+ , Hf 4+ , and Ta 5+ components falling within a range of 24.8% to 65%, wherein

a relationship expressed in Expression (1) given below is satisfied;

(La 3+ +Y 3+ +Gd 3+ )×(Zr 4+ +Hf 4+ +Ta 5+ )≥400(%) 2   (1).

2 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one component selected from a group consisting of Ga 3+ , Al 3+ , Si 4+ , B 3+ , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , Sr 2+ , Ba 2+ , Ti 4+ , Nb 5+ , and W 6+ .

3 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in terms of mol % of cations,

a Ga 3+ component falling within a range of 0% to 60%;

a Al 3+ component falling within a range of 0% to 20%;

a Si 4+ component falling within a range of 0% to 30%; and

a B 3+ component falling within a range of 0% to 10%.

4 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in terms of mol % of cations,

a Ti 4+ component falling within a range of 0% to 20%;

a Nb 5+ component falling within a range of 0% to 20%;

a W 6+ component falling within a range of 0% to 0%; and

an R 2+ (R refers to one or more selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) component falling within a range of 0% to 10%.

5 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , further comprising:

in terms of mol % of cations, a total amount of B 3+ and Si 4+ components is 0%.

6 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, a total amount of La 3+ , Y 3+ , and Gd 3+ is 30% to 60%.

7 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, a total amount of La 3+ , Y 3+ , and Gd 3+ is 40% to 55%.

8 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, a total amount of Zr 4+ , Hf 4+ , and Ta 5+ is 30% to 60%.

9 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein the Expression (1) given below is satisfied:

(La 3+ +Y 3+ +Gd 3+ )×(Zr 4+ +Hf 4+ +Ta 5+ )≥800(%) 2 .

10 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein the Expression (1) given below is satisfied:

(La 3+ +Y 3+ +Gd 3+ )×(Zr 4+ +Hf 4+ +Ta 5+ )≥1200(%) 2 .

11 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein the Expression (1) given below is satisfied:

2400(%) 2 ≥(La 3+ +Y 3+ +Gd 3+ )×(Zr 4+ +Hf 4+ +Ta 5+ ).

12 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein the Expression (1) given below is satisfied:

2000(%) 2 ≥(La 3+ +Y 3+ +Gd 3+ )×(Zr 4+ +Hf 4+ +Ta 5+ ).

13 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, La 3+ component falling within a range of 0% to 65%.

14 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, La 3+ component falling within a range of 20% to 60%.

15 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, La 3+ component falling within a range of 30% to 55%.

16 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Gd 3+ component falling within a range of 0% to 20%.

17 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Gd 3+ component falling within a range of 7.65% to 20%.

18 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Zr 4+ component falling within a range of 0% to 15%.

19 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Zr 4+ component falling within a range of 4.21% to 15%.

20 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Hf 4+ component falling within a range of 0% to 10%.

21 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Hf 4+ component falling within a range of 4% to 10%.

22 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Ta 5+ component falling within a range of 5% to 20%.

23 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Ta 5+ component falling within a range of 10% to 20%.

24 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Ta 5+ component falling within a range of 15% to 20%.

25 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index (n d ) with respect to a d-line falls within a range of 1.93 to 2.15.

26 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein an abbe number (v d ) falls within a range of 25 to 40.

27 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , wherein n d −0.01023v d +2.2988 is 0.02 or greater.

28 . An optical element comprising the optical glass according to claim 1 .

29 . An optical system comprising the optical element according to claim 28 .

30 . An interchangeable lens comprising the optical system according to claim 29 .

31 . An objective lens for microscope comprising the optical element according to claim 29 .

32 . An optical device comprising the optical system according to claim 29 .

33 . The optical glass according to claim 1 , comprising: in terms of mol % of cations, Al 3+ component falling within a range of 0% to 10%.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-181028 · Sep 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16823860 · Mar 19, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2018014932 · Apr 9, 2018
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