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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Kla Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yung-Ho Alex Chuang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Yinying Xiao-Li, San Jose, CA (US);

Elena Loginova, Campbell, CA (US);

John Fielden, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 1/113 (2015.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G02B 1/113 (2013.01); G02B 27/10 (2013.01); G02B 3/0006 (2013.01); G02B 5/08 (2013.01); G02B 5/3066 (2013.01); G03F 7/70616 (2013.01);
Abstract

Strontium tetraborate can be used as an optical material. Strontium tetraborate exhibits high refractive indices, high optical damage threshold, and high microhardness. The transmission window of strontium tetraborate covers a very broad range of wavelengths, from 130 nm to 3200 nm, making the material particularly useful at VUV wavelengths. An optical component made of strontium tetraborate can be incorporated in an optical system, such as a semiconductor inspection system, a metrology system, or a lithography system. These optical components may include mirrors, lenses, lens arrays, prisms, beam splitters, windows, lamp cells or Brewster-angle optics.


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