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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2020
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Patrick Sebastian Uebel, Marloffstein, DE;
Peter Maximilian Götz, Bavaria, DE;
Sebastian Thomas Bauerschmidt, Wendelstein, DE;
Coen Hubertus Matheus Baltis, Eindhoven, NL;
Janneke Ravensbergen, Würzburg, DE;
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
Optical components and methods of manufacture thereof. A first optical component has a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber includes internal capillaries for guiding radiation and an outer capillary sheathing the internal capillaries; and at least an output end section having a larger inner cross-sectional dimension over at least a portion of the output end section than an inner cross-sectional dimension of the outer capillary along a central portion of the hollow-core photonic crystal fiber prior to the output end section. A second optical component includes a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber and a sleeve arrangement.