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Antireflection film and optical element coated with the antireflection film

US6396626B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 1, 2000
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B1/115
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The antireflection film of the present invention comprises an alternately multi-layered film of 10 layers formed on a base member and having antireflection characteristics in two wavelength regions including a first wavelength (&lgr;1) of 248 nm and a second wavelength (&lgr;2) of 633 nm as central wavelengths, respectively, the multi-layered film of 10 layers comprising: low-refractive index layers arranged at odd-numbered positions from a side opposite to the base member and having a refractive index of 1.45 to 1.52 at the first wavelength (&lgr;1); and high-refractive index layers arranged at even-numbered positions from the side opposite to the base member and having a refractive index of 1.65 to 1.80 at the first wavelength (&lgr;1), wherein layers arranged at the first, second and third positions from the side opposite to the base member each have an optical thickness ranging from 0.21&lgr;1 to 0.28&lgr;1.

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