A synthetic quartz glass preform is produced by flame hydrolysis with subsequent cooling and is suitable for the application of high-energy DUV radiation in the wave length range under 250 nm. The preform has a core area which contains ≧1150 ppm OH, a strain double refraction of ≦5 nm/cm and a resistance to high-energy DUV radiation as a result of a transmission reduction of ΔT ≦0.1%/cm thickness. The quartz glass has been exposed to the following radiation: wavelength λ1=248 nm, laser shot frequency ≧300 Hz, laser shot value ≧109 and lumination ≦10 mJ/cm2, and wavelength λ2=193 nm, laser shot frequency ≧300 Hz, laser shot value ≧109 and lumination