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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel R. Sempolinski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 3/06 ;
Abstract
Fused silica articles containing at least 50 ppb aluminum are disclosed. The fused silica articles containing these levels of aluminum exhibit improved internal transmission and decreased absorption change when irradiated with a laser when compared with fused silica articles containing lower levels of aluminum.