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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Miyake, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masami Hayashida, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 34 ; 378 43 ;
Abstract
An illumination system includes a spectral optical element for separating radiation light from a radiation source, including at least one of X-rays and vacuum ultraviolet rays. The spectral optical element provides an emission angle to the radiation light which changes with the wavelength thereof. The system also includes an optical arrangement for illuminating an object with radiation light of a particular wavelength from the spectral optical element, and an absorption element for absorbing at least a portion of radiation light of a wavelength longer than the particular wavelength from the spectral optical element.