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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1999
Ken Kawamata, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuaki Mitamura, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A substrate is autorotatably installed in a vacuum chamber at an upper part thereof. MgF granules as a film source material are put in a quartz boat and mounted on a magnetron cathode . The magnetron cathode is connected through a matching box to a 13.56 MHz radio frequency power source . Cooling water for holding the temperature of the magnetron cathode constant flows on a lower face of the magnetron cathode . A side face of the vacuum chamber is provided with gas introduction ports for introducing gas in the vacuum chamber . A shutter is placed between the magnetron cathode and the substrate . This structure provides a process enabling forming a thin film at a high speed by sputtering, especially, a high speed sputtering process enabling forming a thin fluoride film free of light absorption.