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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2000
Hisatoshi Otsuka, Naka Kubiki-gun, JP;
Kazuo Shirota, Naka Kuabiki-gun, JP;
Kazuhiro Kumakura, Kashima-gun, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a synthetic fused silica member used at a wavelength of 200 nm or less which has a hydroxyl group-content of 1 to 50 ppm and a fluorine-content of 100 to 1000 ppm, and contains no chlorine, and has a birefringence of the synthetic fused silica member of 2 nm/cm or less. The synthetic fused silica member can be used as a synthetic fused silica substrate for photomask, or in an optical system wherein a fluorine excimer laser is used as a light source. There can be provided a synthetic fused silica member which can efficiently transmit a light having a wavelength as 200 nm or less, especially fluorine excimer laser (157 nm), and does not suffer from lowering of transmittance due to damage.