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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Sezhian Annamalai, Painted Post, NY (US);
Carlos Alberto Duran, Ottawa, CA;
Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A doped silica-titania glass article is provided that includes a glass article having a glass composition comprising (i) a silica-titania base glass, (ii) a fluorine dopant, and (iii) a second dopant. The fluorine dopant has a concentration of fluorine of up to 5 wt. % and the second dopant comprises one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of Al, Nb, Ta, B, Na, K, Mg, Ca and Li oxides at a total oxide concentration from 50 ppm to 6 wt. %. Further, the glass article has an expansivity slope of less than 0.5 ppb/Kat 20° C. The second dopant can be optional. The composition of the glass article may also contain an OH concentration of less than 100 ppm.