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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Zili Zhou, Veldhoven, NL;
Janneke Ravensbergen, Würzburg, NL;
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0927 (2013.01); G02B 27/0944 (2013.01); G02B 27/0994 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a pupil shaping arrangement for obtaining a defined pupil intensity profile for a metrology illumination beam configured for use in a metrology application. The pupil shaping arrangement comprises an engineered diffuser (ED) having a defined far-field profile configured to impose said defined pupil intensity profile on said metrology illumination beam. The pupil shaping arrangement may further comprise a multimode fiber (MMF) and be configured to reduce spatial coherence of coherent radiation.