A Canon patent application shows what looks to be expanding on ASC (air sphere coating).
As you can see in the image below, ASC in fact looks like little bubbles
From Japan Patent Application: 2017-167271
To provide an optical member having an anti-reflection film with high strength, uniform refractive index distribution, and low scattering, and a manufacturing method for the optical member.
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