Metal-gas-filled cell

Abstract

A metal-vapor-filled cell includes: a cell main body; a glass sheet; an optical chamber provided in at least one selected from the cell main body and the glass sheet, the optical chamber communicating with a vapor generating portion; and a metal vapor filling the optical chamber. The vapor generating portion and the optical chamber communicate with each other. The vapor generating portion includes a plurality of pillars, a plurality of bottomed grooves provided between the plurality of pillars and open to a first surface, and an introduction port for introducing a raw material solution of the metal vapor into the plurality of bottomed grooves. The introduction port includes at least one of a structure lacking a portion of at least one pillar selected from the plurality of pillars and a structure lacking the entirety of at least one pillar selected from the plurality of pillars.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.