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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Patrick Sebastian Uebel, Marloffstein, DE;
Sebastian Thomas Bauerschmidt, Wendelstein, DE;
Paul William Scholtes-Van Eijk, Veldhoven, NL;
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus () for receiving input radiation () and broadening a frequency range of the input radiation so as to provide broadband output radiation (). The apparatus comprises a fiber (), wherein the fiber () may comprise a hollow core () for guiding radiation propagating through the fiber (). The apparatus () further comprises an apparatus for providing a gas mixture () within the hollow core (). The gas mixture () comprises a hydrogen component, and a working component, wherein the working component is for broadening a frequency range of a received input radiation () so as to provide the broadband output radiation (). The apparatus may be included in a radiation source.