System, method and apparatus for polarization control

    公开(公告)号:US11415725B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US17175141

    申请日:2021-02-12

    申请人: KLA Corporation

    摘要: An optical system for controlling polarization may include an illumination source to illuminate a surface of a sample, a set of collection optics to collect illumination from the surface of a sample, and a wave plate having a spatially-varying surface profile along a thickness direction positioned at a pupil plane of the set of collection optics, where the spatially-varying surface profile of the wave plate is configured to control polarization rotation as a continuous function of transverse position, and where the spatially-varying surface profile is selected to rotate light scattered from a surface of a sample to a selected polarization angle. The system may further include a linear polarizer oriented to block light with the selected polarization angle, and a sensor to detect illumination transmitted through the linear polarizer.

    SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLARIZATION CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20210173122A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US17175141

    申请日:2021-02-12

    申请人: KLA Corporation

    摘要: An optical system for controlling polarization may include an illumination source to illuminate a surface of a sample, a set of collection optics to collect illumination from the surface of a sample, and a wave plate having a spatially-varying surface profile along a thickness direction positioned at a pupil plane of the set of collection optics, where the spatially-varying surface profile of the wave plate is configured to control polarization rotation as a continuous function of transverse position, and where the spatially-varying surface profile is selected to rotate light scattered from a surface of a sample to a selected polarization angle. The system may further include a linear polarizer oriented to block light with the selected polarization angle, and a sensor to detect illumination transmitted through the linear polarizer.