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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the deviation of a thermal expansion coefficient in a method of forming a glass substrate for extreme ultraviolet lithography. SOLUTION: This method includes delivering a silica precursor (28) to a burner (16) and passing the silica precursor (28) through the flame (36) of the burner (16) to form silica particles (38), depositing the silica particles (38) on a planar surface (14) to form a flat porous EUV Lithography large dimension preform (40) and consolidating the flat porous EUV Lithography large dimension preform (40) into a flat dense EUV Lithography large dimension homogeneous glass body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extreme ultraviolet ray optical element made of a titania-containing silica glass having a low level striation, a method and an apparatus for producing the extreme ultraviolet ray optical element, and a method and an apparatus for measuring the striation in a glass element or an extreme ultraviolet ray optical element. SOLUTION: The silica glass contains 5-10 wt.%, preferably 6-8 wt.% of a titania, and it has a thermal expansion coefficient at 20-35°C in a range of +30 to -30 ppb/°C, preferably +20 to -20 ppb/°C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide fused silica glass which has excellent birefringence and resistance to laser damage. SOLUTION: The fused silica article has combined concentration of protium-containing hydroxy groups and deuteroxy groups less than about 10 ppm, and also has an absolute refractive index of less than or equal to 1.560835 at a wavelength of about 193.368 nm. A method of annealing fused silica glass is also provided. The method comprises the steps of: heating provided fused silica glass to a first temperature above the anneal point; cooling the fused silica glass to a second temperature below the strain point at a progressively decreasing cooling rate that is less than the anneal rate, wherein the progressively decreasing cooling rate is lower than the anneal rate of the fused silica glass; and cooling the fused silica glass from the second temperature to room temperature at a third cooling rate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an efficient and effective process for hydrogen-loading a silica glass material to produce a material that meets the requirements of lithographic applications operating at a wavelength within a range of about 248 nm and 193 nm. SOLUTION: A method includes a process for treating the glass material in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere such that at the end of the treatment a hydrogen concentration gradient exists through a depth of the glass material. The hydrogen concentration gradient causes a refractive index gradient (δn). All δn are within an acceptable range for the intended use. The δn satisfies following relationship: 0≤δn≤5 ppm. It is preferable the partial pressure of hydrogen can be varied during the process for treating the silica glass in the hydrogen-containing atmosphere. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for making silica glass with a uniform fictive temperature which makes glass in which variation in a refractive index and birefringence is reduced. SOLUTION: The silica glass has a strain point T s , a fictive temperature and a relaxation rate at the fictive temperature, and also has hydroxy group concentration of less than 800 mass ppm. The hydroxy group concentration varies only at least by 0.5 ppm. The silica glass is heated at a target fictive temperature, or heated or cooled at a rate that is less than the rate of change of the fictive temperature, for a time that is sufficient to allow the fictive temperature of the glass to come within 3°C of the target fictive temperature. The silica glass is then cooled from the target fictive temperature to a temperature below the strain point of the glass at a cooling rate that is greater than the relaxation rate of the glass at the target fictive temperature. The silica glass has a fictive temperature that varies by less than 3°C after the annealing step. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
解决方案:二氧化硅玻璃具有应变点T S S S / SB,假想温度和假想温度下的松弛率,并且还具有小于800质量ppm的羟基浓度。 羟基浓度至少仅改变0.5ppm。 将石英玻璃在目标假想温度下加热,或以低于假想温度变化率的速率加热或冷却一段足以使玻璃的假想温度达到3°的时间 C的目标虚构温度。 然后将二氧化硅玻璃从目标假想温度冷却至低于玻璃应变点的温度,该冷却速率大于目标假想温度下玻璃的松弛率。 二氧化硅玻璃具有在退火步骤之后变化小于3℃的假想温度。 版权所有(C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method by which the Tzc of a silica-titania glass EUVL mirror substrate (or an other) can be tuned to within a specific range. SOLUTION: The method by which the Tzc of the EUVL mirror substrate can be tuned to within the specific range by means of a selected final anneal that shifts Tzc of the substrate to the desired Tzc value is provided. In addition, since different mirrors in a set can be specified at different values of Tzc, this method can be used to produce a glass sample on glass pieces to make parts with different Tzc values from the same boule of glass, thus reducing the number of separate boules required to fill an order. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low thermal expansion glass which has stable thermal expansion in a temperature range wider than that in the present ULE glass and can be polished so as to satisfy surface roughness requirements. SOLUTION: The low thermal expansion glass includes a base glass material 3 having a front surface 5, a back surface 7, and a thickness T; and a glass coating material 9 applied on at least the front surface 5 of the base glass material 3. The base glass material 3 consists essentially of 10 wt.% to 20 wt.% titania and 80 wt.% to 90 wt.% silica. The glass coating material 9 also consists essentially of titania and silica, but the total amount of titania in the glass coating material 9 is lower than the total amount of titania in the base glass material 3. The base glass material 3 preferably has a coefficient of thermal expansion of substantially zero in the temperature range of about 10 to 100°C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a synthetic silica material having an optical property improved against dependence of transmission on strength of ultra violet radiation, and a manufacturing method of the silica material.SOLUTION: In synthetic silica material having an OH concentration of less than 900 mass ppm, and having Hof from 1×10to 6×10molecular/cm, an annealing treatment which includes 1) heating to 1100°C, 2)then, cooling to 800°C at a rate of 1°C per hour, and 3) furthermore, cooling to 25°C at a rate of 30°C per hour is performed to the synthetic silica material. With this treatment, the synthetic silica has a measured FDT(dK/dF) of less than 5.10×10cm pulse/mJ when exposed to excimer laser at 193 nm.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extreme ultraviolet optical element having a low-level striation; and to provide a glass boule for manufacturing the extreme ultraviolet optical element.SOLUTION: This low striation extreme ultraviolet optical element includes silica-titania glass having a polished and shaped surface and having a crest-to-trough striation level smaller than 0.2 MPa, and the glass contains titania in the range of 5-10 wt.%. The glass has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) within a range of +30 ppb/°C to -30 ppb/°C at a temperature between 20-35°C.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of improving the refractive index homogeneity of a high transmission synthetic silica glass. SOLUTION: The synthetic glass material having an OH concentration from 0.1 to 1,300 ppm by mass with a variation in OH concentration in a plane perpendicular to at least one axis thereof of less than 20 ppm by mass is manufactured by (i) providing high purity silica soot particles, (ii) forming a porous preform having bulk density of 0.2 to 1.6 g/cm 3 , preferably 0.25-1.0 g/cm 3 from the soot particles, (iii) optionally purifying the porous preform, (iv) consolidating the preform into dense silica in the presence of H 2 O and/or O 2 in a furnace having an internal surface exposed to the consolidation atmosphere which is inert to H 2 O and O 2 . COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI