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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William N. Partlo, Poway, CA (US);
Alexander I. Ershov, San Diego, CA (US);
Scott T. Smith, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cymer, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/08 ;
Abstract
A grating based line narrowing unit with bi-directional beam expansion for line narrowing lasers. In a preferred embodiment a beam from the chamber of the laser is expanded in the horizontal direction with a three-prism beam expander and is expanded in the vertical direction with a single prism. A narrow band of wavelengths in the expanded beam is reflected from a grating in a Littrow configuration back via the two beam expanders into the laser chamber for amplification.