181 |
Method of producing optical component of synthetic quartz glass with enhanced radiation resistance, and blank for producing the component |
JP2008100081 |
2008-04-08 |
JP2008285400A |
2008-11-27 |
KUEHN BODO; KAISER STEFFEN; KASSUBE DENIS; MERGET KERSTIN |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical component of synthetic quartz glass optimized with respect to compaction and central birefringence.
SOLUTION: The production method for an optical component of synthetic quartz glass includes subjecting a quartz glass blank to a multistage annealing treatment comprising the processes of: (a) a first treatment phase during which the quartz glass blank is treated in an upper temperature range between 1,130°C and 1,240°C; (b) cooling the quartz glass blank at a first-higher-mean cooling rate to a quenching temperature below 1,100°C, a fictive temperature with a high mean value of 1,100°C or more being reached in the quartz glass; and (c) a second treatment phase which comprises cooling of the quartz glass blank at a second-lower-mean cooling rate, and in which the quartz glass blank is treated in a lower temperature range between 950°C and 1,100°C such that a fictive temperature is reached in the quartz glass with a low mean value which is at least 50°C lower than the high mean value of the fictive temperature according to the process (b).
COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
182 |
Synthetic quartz glass optical member, manufacturing method thereof, optical system, exposure equipment and surface heating furnace for synthetic quartz glass |
JP2003190347 |
2003-07-02 |
JP2005022921A |
2005-01-27 |
YOSHIDA AKIKO; ISHIDA YASUSHI; YAMAGUCHI TOMOHISA |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a synthetic quartz glass optical member which can be used in combination with an optical member comprising a calcium fluoride crystal or one or more synthetic quartz glass whose characteristics are not suitable for annealing treatment to decrease distribution of birefringence value of the calcium fluoride crystal or one or more synthetic quartz glass whose characteristics are not suitable for annealing treatment.
SOLUTION: The manufacturing method comprises a surface heating step wherein the surface of a synthetic quartz glass block is heated to 500-1,100°C at a heating rate of ≥300°C/hr so that the surface temperature becomes higher than the temperature at the center and a subsequent cooling step wherein the surface of the synthetic quartz glass block is cooled at a cooling rate of ≥50°C/hr and <300°C/hr.
COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
183 |
Fixing roller core, method and apparatus for manufacturing the same |
JP2001105664 |
2001-04-04 |
JP2002293557A |
2002-10-09 |
FUMA HIROSHI; HAMADA SHUTA; ONODERA MASAYASU |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing roller hard to be broken by the pressure applied in a fixing treatment, for which a glass tube as a roller core is manufactured without occurring latent defects.
SOLUTION: This method for manufacturing a fixing roller core is characterized in that the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube composed of borosilicate glass, formed in pipe-shape and cut in a prescribed length, is heated at a temperature of slow cooling point of the borosilicate glass or higher to make the surface semi-melt state and then cooled gradually.
COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO |
184 |
Production of glass container |
JP26976289 |
1989-10-16 |
JPH03131543A |
1991-06-05 |
NAKAMURA KOJI; KIKUOKA TAKASHI; NORIYA MASAYA; IMAMURA AKIRA |
PURPOSE: To reduce cracks of glass containers without prolonging heat treatment time in producing glass containers by evacuating the interior while heating by controlling glass containers under specific pressure during rise and drop in temperature.
CONSTITUTION: In producing a container consisting at least partially of glass such as telereceiver by evacuating the interior while heating, atmospheric pressure or higher than the atmospheric pressure is applied to the outside of the container during temperature rise in heating to suppress tension occurring in the inner face. Pressure applied to the outside of the container is reduced during temperature dropping in such a way that pressure difference between pressure at the outside of the container and pressure at the inner side is reduced so that stress resulting from pressure difference between the outside and inside is not produced to reduce tension occurring at the outside.
COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO&Japio |
185 |
EXCIMER LASER ANNEALING APPARATUS |
US15996396 |
2018-06-01 |
US20190198364A1 |
2019-06-27 |
Weibin ZHANG; Rui XIE; Fanlin ZENG |
The present disclosure provides an excimer laser annealing apparatus for laser annealing a substrate, including a beam current consumer, a focusing lens, and a laser. The beam current consumer is disposed between the substrate and the laser, the focusing lens is disposed between the beam current consumer and the laser and is located on the optical path of the laser beam of the laser directed onto the substrate, the focus of the focusing lens is on the optical path of the laser beam of the laser directed onto the substrate and on the substrate, the beam current consumer is provided with a transmission cavity and a reflection cavity connecting with the transmission cavity, the reflection cavity includes a surface provided with a reflection film, the laser beam generated by the laser is focused by the focusing lens and then emitted to the substrate through the transmission cavity. |
186 |
LASER TREATMENT DEVICE RECTIFIER DEVICE AND LASER TREATMENT DEVICE |
US15769721 |
2016-10-25 |
US20180315627A1 |
2018-11-01 |
Daisuke ITO; Junichi SHIDA |
A laser treatment device performing treatment by irradiating a target object having a plate surface with laser light, including: a light-transmitting region transmitting laser light emitted onto the target object; a rectifier that has a rectifier surface separated from the target object and extending along the plate surface of the target object and outward from the end of the light-transmitting region; a gas supply unit that feeds a gas to a gap between one side of the rectifier surface and the light-transmitting region, in a position separated from the light-transmitting region; and a gas exhaust unit that exhausts, on the other side that is on the other side of the light-transmitting region from the one side, the gas present in a gap between the rectifier surface and the target object from the gap, in a position separated from the light-transmitting region, thereby generating a stable local gas atmosphere. |
187 |
Methods and apparatus for additive manufacturing of glass |
US15878167 |
2018-01-23 |
US20180148364A1 |
2018-05-31 |
John Klein; Giorgia Franchin; Michael Stern; Markus Kayser; Chikara Inamura; Shreya Dave; Neri Oxman; Peter Houk |
In illustrative implementations of this invention, a crucible kiln heats glass such that the glass becomes or remains molten. A nozzle extrudes the molten glass while one or more actuators actuate movements of the nozzle, a build platform or both. A computer controls these movements such that the extruded molten glass is selectively deposited to form a 3D glass object. The selective deposition of molten glass occurs inside an annealing kiln. The annealing kiln anneals the glass after it is extruded. In some cases, the actuators actuate the crucible kiln and nozzle to move in horizontal x, y directions and actuate the build platform to move in a z-direction. In some cases, fluid flows through a cavity or tubes adjacent to the nozzle tip, in order to cool the nozzle tip and thereby reduce the amount of glass that sticks to the nozzle tip. |
188 |
Low Temperature Process For The Reuse of Waste Glass |
US15717362 |
2017-09-27 |
US20180134600A1 |
2018-05-17 |
Florence Ann Morhauser |
A process for the reuse of waste glass at relatively low temperatures to create commercial glass products. The steps of the process include filling a tray with waste glass, placing the tray inside a kiln, heating the kiln to a sequence of stages, each stage having a designated temperature and a designated time interval, the stages including initial heating, soaking, annealing and then reducing the temperature to reach ambient temperature. The tray is then withdrawn and a glass block is taken out of the tray. The glass block is then precision cut to create a commercial glass product. |
189 |
Ternary glass materials with low refractive index variability |
US15240975 |
2016-08-18 |
US09908808B1 |
2018-03-06 |
Clara Rivero Baleine; Benn H. Gleason; Kathleen A. Richardson; Jeffrey Linn Ruckman |
Ternary chalcogenide glass materials containing germanium can display enhanced properties compared to corresponding binary chalcogenide glass materials lacking germanium. For instance, ternary chalcogenide glass materials containing germanium, arsenic and selenium can exhibit improved Vickers micro-hardness values and other enhanced mechanical properties while still maintaining small changes in refractive index as function of temperature. Such ternary glass materials can have a formula of (AsySez)[(100-x)·0.01]Gex, in which x ranges between about 1 and 5, y ranges between about 30 and 40, z ranges between about 60 and 70, and y+z=100. Methods for producing the ternary glass materials can include blending arsenic, selenium, and germanium as a melt, and cooling the melt to form the ternary glass material. |
190 |
Methods and apparatus for additive manufacturing of glass |
US15365577 |
2016-11-30 |
US09896368B2 |
2018-02-20 |
John Klein; Giorgia Franchin; Michael Stern; Markus Kayser; Chikara Inamura; Shreya Dave; Neri Oxman; Peter Houk |
In illustrative implementations of this invention, a crucible kiln heats glass such that the glass becomes or remains molten. A nozzle extrudes the molten glass while one or more actuators actuate movements of the nozzle, a build platform or both. A computer controls these movements such that the extruded molten glass is selectively deposited to form a 3D glass object. The selective deposition of molten glass occurs inside an annealing kiln. The annealing kiln anneals the glass after it is extruded. In some cases, the actuators actuate the crucible kiln and nozzle to move in horizontal x, y directions and actuate the build platform to move in a z-direction. In some cases, fluid flows through a cavity or tubes adjacent to the nozzle tip, in order to cool the nozzle tip and thereby reduce the amount of glass that sticks to the nozzle tip. |
191 |
Ultralow expansion glass |
US15291379 |
2016-10-12 |
US09890071B2 |
2018-02-13 |
Carlos Alberto Duran |
Silica-titania glasses with small temperature variations in coefficient of thermal expansion over a wide range of zero-crossover temperatures and methods for making the glasses. The method includes a cooling protocol with controlled anneals over two different temperature regimes. A higher temperature controlled anneal may occur over a temperature interval from 750° C.-950° C. or a sub-interval thereof. A lower temperature controlled anneal may occur over a temperature interval from 650° C.-875° C. or a sub-interval thereof. The controlled anneals permit independent control over CTE slope and Tzc of silica-titania glasses. The independent control provides CTE slope and Tzc values for silica-titania glasses of fixed composition over ranges heretofore possible only through variations in composition. |
192 |
METHOD OF MAKING HALOGEN DOPED OPTICAL ELEMENT |
US15529583 |
2015-11-24 |
US20170362115A1 |
2017-12-21 |
Steven Bruce Dawes; Douglas Hull Jennings; Pushkar Tandon |
A method of forming an optical element is provided. The method includes producing silica-based soot particles using chemical vapor deposition, the silica-based soot particles having an average particle size of between about 0.05 μm and about 0.25 μm. The method also includes forming a soot compact from the silica-based soot particles and doping the soot compact with a halogen in a closed system by contacting the silica-based soot compact with a halogencontaining gas in the closed system at a temperature of less than about 1200° C. |
193 |
SILICA GLASS MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME |
US15608118 |
2017-05-30 |
US20170349477A1 |
2017-12-07 |
Yuji FUKASAWA; Sachiko KATO |
Provided is a silica glass member which exhibits high optical transparency to vacuum ultraviolet light and has a low thermal expansion coefficient of 4.0−10−7/K or less at near room temperature, particularly a silica glass member which is suitable as a photomask substrate to be used in a double patterning exposure process using an ArF excimer laser (193 nm) as a light source. The silica glass member is used in a photolithography process using a vacuum ultraviolet light source, in which the fluorine concentration is 1 wt % or more and 5 wt % or less, and the thermal expansion coefficient at from 20° C. to 50° C. is 4.0×10−7/K or less. |
194 |
GLASS SUBSTRATE, LAMINATED SUBSTRATE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GLASS SUBSTRATE |
US15666862 |
2017-08-02 |
US20170327408A1 |
2017-11-16 |
Shuhei NOMURA; Kazutaka Ono |
The present invention provides a glass substrate in which in a heat treatment step of sticking a silicon substrate and a glass substrate to each other, an alkali ion is hardly diffused into the silicon substrate, and a residual strain generated in the silicon substrate is small. A glass substrate of the present invention has: an average thermal expansion coefficient α50/100 at 50° C. to 100° C. of 2.70 ppm/° C. to 3.20 ppm/° C.; an average thermal expansion coefficient α200/300 at 200° C. to 300° C. of 3.45 ppm/° C. to 3.95 ppm/° C.; a value α200/300/α50/100 obtained by dividing the average thermal expansion coefficient α200/300 at 200° C. to 300° C. by the average thermal expansion coefficient α50/100 at 50° C. to 100° C. of 1.20 to 1.30; and a content of an alkali metal oxide being 0% to 0.1% as expressed in terms of a molar percentage based on oxides. |
195 |
Non-woven textile cores and molds for making complex sculptural glass bottle interiors and exteriors |
US14953261 |
2015-11-27 |
US09783446B2 |
2017-10-10 |
Jay Markel |
Provided herein are novel tools and methods for the formation of vessels having sculpted interior and exterior forms. Novel high-temperature non-woven textile forms may be used to create a glass vessel having a three-dimensional sculpted interior of almost any shape. The non-woven textile forms may also be used as molds to artfully sculpt bottle exteriors. The invention allows for unprecedented control over the form of glass objects in an industrially scalable process. |
196 |
MULTI-ELECTRODE SYSTEM WITH VIBRATING ELECTRODES |
US15496688 |
2017-04-25 |
US20170261688A1 |
2017-09-14 |
Robert G. Wiley; Brett Clark; Jared C. Meitzler; Clyde J. Troutman |
A multi-electrode system includes a fiber holder that holds at least one optical fiber, a plurality of electrodes arranged to generate a heated field to heat the at least one optical fiber, and a vibration mechanism that causes at least one of the electrodes from the plurality of electrodes to vibrate. The electrodes can be disposed in at least a partial vacuum. The system can be used for processing many types of fibers, such processing including, as examples, stripping, splicing, annealing, tapering, and so on. Corresponding fiber processing methods are also provided. |
197 |
An Electrostatic Clamp and a Method for Manufacturing the Same |
US15504749 |
2015-07-09 |
US20170242345A1 |
2017-08-24 |
Matthew LIPSON; Vincent DIMILIA; Ronald Peter TOTILLO; Tammo UITTERDIJK; Steven Michael ZIMMERMAN |
An electrostatic clamp (300) and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The electrostatic clamp includes a first layer (302) having a first ultra-low expansion (ULE) material, a second layer (304) coupled to the first layer, having a second ULE material, and a third layer (306), coupled to the second layer, having a third ULE material. The electrostatic clamp further includes a plurality of fluid channels (316) located between the first layer and the second layer and a composite layer (308) interposed between the second layer and the third layer. The method for manufacturing the electrostatic clamp includes forming the plurality of fluid channels, disposing the composite layer on the third layer, and coupling the third layer to the second layer. The plurality of fluid channels is configured to carry a thermally conditioned fluid for temperature regulation of a clamped object. |
198 |
Method of making shaped glass articles |
US14676176 |
2015-04-01 |
US09688562B2 |
2017-06-27 |
Ljerka Ukrainczyk; John Robert Saltzer, Jr. |
In a method of making shaped glass articles, a glass sheet is placed on a mold having a shaping surface with a desired surface profile of a shaped glass article. The glass sheet is preferentially and rapidly heated by radiation while in the vicinity of the mold so that the mold remains substantially cooler than the glass sheet during the heating. The glass sheet is sagged onto the shaping surface of the mold so that at least a portion of the sagged sheet assumes the desired surface profile of the shaped glass article. After sagging and shaping, the sagged and shaped glass sheet is removed from the mold. |
199 |
Doped ultra-low expansion glass and methods for making the same |
US14958024 |
2015-12-03 |
US09611169B2 |
2017-04-04 |
Sezhian Annamalai; Carlos Alberto Duran; Kenneth Edward Hrdina |
A doped silica-titania glass article is provided that includes a glass article having a glass composition comprising (i) a silica-titania base glass, (ii) a fluorine dopant, and (iii) a second dopant. The fluorine dopant has a concentration of fluorine of up to 5 wt. % and the second dopant comprises one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of Al, Nb, Ta, B, Na, K, Mg, Ca and Li oxides at a total oxide concentration from 50 ppm to 6 wt. %. Further, the glass article has an expansivity slope of less than 0.5 ppb/K2 at 20° C. The second dopant can be optional. The composition of the glass article may also contain an OH concentration of less than 100 ppm. |
200 |
Method for producing iron-doped silica glass |
US14916608 |
2014-09-11 |
US09593034B2 |
2017-03-14 |
Stefan Ochs |
A method for producing a blank of iron-doped silica glass with high silicic acid content for use as heat protection glass is provided. The method involves: (a) producing an iron-doped SiO2 soot body which contains iron in a first oxidation state Fe3+ by flame hydrolysis of a silicon-containing and an iron-containing starting substance, (b) drying the soot body to obtain a mean hydroxyl group content of less than 10 ppm by weight, and (c) vitrifying the soot body under a reducing atmosphere that is suitable for at least partially reducing the iron from the first oxidation state Fe3+ to a second, lower oxidation state Fe2+. A blank is obtained having an iron content between 0.1 and 1% by weight which exhibits an internal transmission of at most 40% in the infrared wavelength range and an internal transmission of at least 85% in the visible spectral range. |