Device and method for spectral imaging

    公开(公告)号:US12287240B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US17582741

    申请日:2022-01-24

    Abstract: A spectral imaging device includes an imager, a scanning stage to establish relative motion between the imager and a sample in a scanning direction and an optical system controlling a light characteristic of a light beam constituting an image of the sample to the imager. The optical system includes a light varying element to receive the light beam and provide an output light beam with spatially varying light characteristic over a cross-section thereof. A set of redirecting optical elements direct light rays from the sample to form the light beam, and to focus the output light beam onto the imager. A controller controls the scanning stage and the imager to capture a plurality of image frames with an overlap including a defined shift that is greater than 1 pixel along the scanning direction between consecutive image frames. A computing device consolidates image data to provide an image of the sample.

    SPECTRAL FEATURE CONTROL APPARATUS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250013066A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18889787

    申请日:2024-09-19

    Applicant: Cymer, LLC

    Abstract: A spectral feature selection apparatus includes a dispersive optical element arranged to interact with a pulsed light beam; three or more refractive optical elements arranged in a path of the pulsed light beam between the dispersive optical element and a pulsed optical source; and one or more actuation systems, each actuation system associated with a refractive optical element and configured to rotate the associated refractive optical element to thereby adjust a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam. At least one of the actuation systems is a rapid actuation system that includes a rapid actuator configured to rotate its associated refractive optical element about a rotation axis. The rapid actuator includes a rotary stepper motor having a rotation shaft that rotates about a shaft axis that is parallel with the rotation axis of the associated refractive optical element.

    Optical filter, spectrometric module, and spectral measurement method

    公开(公告)号:US12038325B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17482512

    申请日:2021-09-23

    Inventor: Kei Kudo

    CPC classification number: G01J3/2823 G01J3/0205 G01J3/06 G01J2003/1226

    Abstract: An optical filter includes a variable wavelength interference filter including a pair of reflection films and having a plurality of transmission peak wavelengths according to the dimension of the gap between the pair of reflection films and a fixed wavelength filter disposed so as to face the variable wavelength interference filter and having a plurality of filter regions different from one another in transmission wavelength segment. The plurality of transmission peak wavelengths of the variable wavelength interference filter correspond to the transmission wavelength segments of the plurality of filter regions, respectively. The plurality of transmission peak wavelengths of the variable wavelength interference filter each change within the corresponding transmission wavelength segment of the plurality of filter regions in accordance with a change in the gap dimension.

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