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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Tomohiro Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Taihei Mukaide, Atsugi, JP;
Hidenosuke Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 3/085 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical glass that contains Si, Al, Mg, and O is provided. The optical glass contains Si in an amount of 40% or more and 60% or less, in cation percent, Al in an amount of 10% or more and 35% or less, in cation percent, and Mg in an amount of 20% or more and 35% or less, in cation percent. In the optical glass, the total amount of Si, Al, and Mg is 99.5% or more, in cation percent. Furthermore, the optical glass contains Fe and Na each in an amount of 0.01 wtppm or less and has a transmittance to a light having a wavelength of 248 nm of 40% or more at a thickness of 5 mm.