摘要 |
There is provided a sintered body that does not readily deform during use and that allows a high flexibility for the design of surface layers, a method for manufacturing the sintered body, and an optical component comprising the sintered body. The method for manufacturing a sintered body is a method for manufacturing a sintered body having a predetermined shape, the sintered body having a ceramic base material, the method for manufacturing a sintered body comprising a step for preparing a ceramic preform (S10), a step for using a predetermined mold having an upper die and a lower die to hot-press the ceramic preform to form a pressure-sintered body (S20), and a step for cooling the pressure-sintered body while applying a pressure load of approximately 5% or more and 100% or less (and preferably approximately 10% or more and 20% or less) of the pressure load applied during the step for forming the pressure-sintered body (S30). |