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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:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2022
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Patrick Sebastian Uebel, Marloffstein, DE;

Sebastian Thomas Bauerschmidt, Wendelstein, DE;

Paul William Scholtes-Van Eijk, Veldhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G03B 27/42 (2006.01); G03F 9/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/365 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 9/7065 (2013.01); G02B 6/02328 (2013.01); G02F 1/365 (2013.01); G03F 7/7015 (2013.01); G03F 7/70133 (2013.01); G03F 7/70316 (2013.01); G03F 7/70325 (2013.01); G03F 7/70575 (2013.01); G03F 7/70616 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for receiving input radiation and broadening a frequency range of the input radiation to provide broadband output radiation. The apparatus includes a chamber, a fiber, a gas generating apparatus, and a radical generating apparatus. The fiber includes a hollow core configured to guide radiation propagating through the fiber, the hollow core in fluid communication with the chamber. The gas generating apparatus is configured to provide a gas within the chamber. The radical generating apparatus is configured to provide free radicals within the chamber to reduce contaminants in the gas. The apparatus may be included in a radiation source.


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