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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Xuelu Zou, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Kouno, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Kouichiroh Shiraishi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a glass material for press forming providing an optical element having a sufficient optical performance without surface cracks, cloudiness, scratches, and the like even when the glass material contains a highly reactive component. Also disclosed are an optical element having a sufficient optical performance without surface cracks, cloudiness, scratches, and the like and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically disclosed is a glass material for press forming which comprises a core portion composed of multicomponent optical glass and a surface glass layer covering at least a region serving as an optical functional surface of the core portion. The surface glass layer contains more than 90 mass % of SiO, and the thickness of the layer is less than five nanometers. Also specifically disclosed is a method for manufacturing a glass optical element by heating the glass material and by press forming the softened glass material using a forming die. Yet also specifically disclosed is a press formed glass optical element having a core portion composed of multicomponent optical glass and a surface glass layer covering at least an optical functional surface of the core portion. The surface glass layer contains more than 90 mass % of SiO, and the thickness of the layer is less than five nanometers.