Apparatus and method for estimating a phase retarder and method of manufacturing the phase retarder using the same

    公开(公告)号:US12181346B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-31

    申请号:US17903313

    申请日:2022-09-06

    Abstract: Disclosed herein an apparatus and method for estimating a phase retarder and method of manufacturing the phase retarder using the same. The apparatus includes: a polarization element configured to output an incident light as a linear polarization and to make the linear polarization incident onto a phase retarder to be tested; a polarization image acquisition module equipped with a plurality of polarized pixels receiving an emitting light that is output from the phase retarder, on which the linear polarization is incident, and configured to obtain a polarization image based on the emitting light that is modulated in the polarized pixels; and a processor configured to evaluate quality of the phase retarder based on uniformity of a brightness value between polarized pixels of the polarization image. The polarized pixels modulate the emitting light based on a plurality of transmission angles and detects the modulated emitting light.

    WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240418575A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-19

    申请号:US18706789

    申请日:2022-07-15

    Abstract: A wavefront measurement device includes: a phase modulation unit having a spatial light modulator on which incident light is incident; a pattern generation unit configured to generate a phase pattern to be inputted to the spatial light modulator; an imaging unit having an imaging region for imaging an image of a portion of the incident light modulated by the spatial light modulator as measurement light; and an analysis unit configured to analyze a wavefront of the incident light based on an imaging result by the imaging unit, in which the pattern generation unit generates a plurality of phase patterns for which a measurement virtual pattern is shifted to positions different from each other such that a focused spot of the measurement light modulated by the spatial light modulator shifts over time to different positions in the imaging region.

    MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240369347A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-07

    申请号:US18773879

    申请日:2024-07-16

    Inventor: WATARU YAMAGUCHI

    Abstract: A measurement apparatus including an illumination system configured to illuminate a target with light including light of a first wavelength and light of a second wavelength, a wavefront changing unit configured to change a wavefront aberration in light from the target, and a control unit configured to control the wavefront changing unit, wherein the wavefront changing unit includes a first region where the light of the first wavelength enters, and a second region where the light of the second wavelength enters, and the control unit controls the wavefront changing unit such that a first correction wavefront for correcting a first wavefront aberration in the light of the first wavelength is generated in the first region, and a second correction wavefront for correcting a second wavefront aberration in the light of the second wavelength is generated in the second region.

    Spectroscopic polarimeter and device for automatically adjusting optical path difference

    公开(公告)号:US12025502B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17729082

    申请日:2022-04-26

    Applicant: MGEN.CO,.LTD

    Inventor: Min Young Park

    Abstract: A spectropolarimetric apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light source attachment/detachment unit to which a light source is detachably coupled, a polarization interferometer configured to split light emitted from the light source coupled to the light source attachment/detachment unit into a plurality of polarized light beams using a polarization beam splitter and irradiate at least some of the split polarized light beams to a reflective sample to output the reflected light, and a spectrometer configured to measure physical properties of the reflective sample by analyzing the output light, wherein a wavelength of the light source coupled to the light source attachment/detachment unit varies depending on the reflective sample.

    WAVE FRONT SENSOR BASED ON FOURIER FILTERING

    公开(公告)号:US20240192060A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18552331

    申请日:2022-03-25

    CPC classification number: G01J9/00

    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods with improved wave front sensing and detection capabilities are described. One example wave front sensor includes a lenslet array that receives an incoming wave front, and a mask that is positioned at a focal plane of the lenslet array to receive and filter a Fourier transformed wave front that is produced by the first lenslet array at the focal plane. Each section of the mask receives light from a corresponding lens of the lenslet array and is configured to produce a reference wave front and to allow a portion of the Fourier transformed wave front to be transmitted or reflected. The wave front sensor also includes a sensor array having a plurality of light sensitive detectors that is positioned to receive the two wave fronts and to detect an intensity value representative of a phase of the incoming wave front.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL OPTICAL ABERRATION CORRECTION AND SPECTRAL IMAGING

    公开(公告)号:US20230177655A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US17924271

    申请日:2021-05-12

    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for digital optical aberration correction and spectral imaging. An optical system may comprise an optical imaging unit, to form an optical image near an image plane of the optical system; a wavefront imaging sensor unit located near the image plane, to provide raw digital data on an optical field and image output near the image plane; and a control unit for processing the raw digital data and the image output to provide deblurred image output, wherein the control unit comprises a storage unit that stores instructions and a processing unit to execute the instructions to receive the image input and the raw digital data of the optical field impinging on the wavefront imaging sensor and generate a deblurred image based on an analysis of the optical mutual coherence function at the imaging plane.

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