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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Masaaki Yamazaki, Urawa, JP;
Masaaki Otsuka, Urawa, JP;
Shinobu Nagahama, Urawa, JP;
Naruhito Sawanobori, Urawa, JP;
Sumita Optical Glass, Inc., Saitama-ken, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a fluorophosphate fluorescent glass, capable of converting invisible ultraviolet rays into visually observable visible rays with a high efficiency and available for controlling the optical axis of a laser beam such as excimer laser, etc. The feature of this fluorescent glass consists in a fluorophosphate fluorescent glass capable of exhibiting fluorescence in the visible region, having a chemical composition comprising, at least, (I) phosphorus (P), oxygen (O) and fluorine (F), as glass constituting components, and (II) at least one member selected from the group consisting of divalent europium, terbium, samarium and manganese, as a fluorescent agent, the divalent europium being contained as an essential component and at least one of samarium and manganese being contained as an essential component when terbium is contained. In particular, a fluorophosphate fluorescent glass exhibiting a blue fluorescence containing europium as an essential component and a fluorophosphate fluorescent glass exhibiting a white fluorescence containing at least one of samarium and manganese as an essential component are provided.