Method, assembly, and apparatus for improved control of broadband radiation generation

    公开(公告)号:US11372154B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US17128360

    申请日:2020-12-21

    Abstract: A hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) assembly for converting input radiation to broadband radiation, the hollow core fiber assembly including: a micro-structured fiber with a hollow core extending along a length of the fiber from an input end configured to receive input radiation to an output end configured to output broadband radiation, wherein the hollow core of the fiber is configured to include a medium; and a density control system configured to control a density profile of the medium along at least a part of the length of the fiber to establish a desired zero dispersion wavelength profile along at least a part of the length of the fiber.

    HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER BASED BROADBAND RADIATION GENERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220187680A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17539347

    申请日:2021-12-01

    Abstract: A broadband radiation source device configured for generating a broadband output radiation upon receiving pump radiation, the device including: a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) including at least one structurally varied portion having at least one structural parameter of the HC-PCF varied with respect to one or more main portions of the HC-PCF, wherein the at least one structurally varied portion includes at least a structurally varied portion located downstream of a position along the length of the HC-PCF where the pump radiation will be spectrally expanded by a modulation instability dominated nonlinear optical process, and wherein the at least one structurally varied portion is configured and located such that the broadband output radiation includes wavelengths in the ultraviolet region.

    Topography measurement system
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    公开(公告)号:US10394143B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15764617

    申请日:2016-09-06

    Abstract: A topography measurement system comprising a radiation source configured to generate a radiation beam, a spatially coded grating configured to pattern the radiation beam and thereby provide a spatially coded radiation beam, optics configured to form an image of the spatially coded grating at a target location on a substrate, detection optics configured to receive radiation reflected from the target location of the substrate and form an image of the grating image at a second grating, and a detector configured to receive radiation transmitted through the second grating and produce an output signal.

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