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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yujun Deng, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yung-Ho Chuang, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Fielden, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/094 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G02F 1/39 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G02F 1/39 (2013.01); H01S 3/094015 (2013.01); G02F 1/3534 (2013.01); H01S 3/0078 (2013.01); H01S 3/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A DUV laser includes an optical bandwidth filtering device, such as etalon, which is disposed outside of the laser oscillator cavity of the fundamental laser, and which directs one range of wavelengths into one portion of a frequency conversion chain and another range of wavelengths into another portion of the frequency conversion train, thereby reducing the bandwidth of the DUV laser output while maintaining high conversion efficiency in the frequency conversion chain.