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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2004
Applicants:
Bernd Kleemann, Aalen, DE;
Hans-jurgen Rostalski, Oberkochen, DE;
Willi Ulrich, Aalen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Carl Zeiss SMT AG, Oberkochen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A diffractive optical element has a plurality of diffraction structures for a certain wavelength. These each have a width measured in the plane of the diffractive optical element and a height measured perpendicularly thereto. The widths and the heights of the diffraction structures vary over the area of the diffractive optical element. An optical arrangement comprising such a diffractive optical element has, in addition, a neutral filter. The efficiency of such a diffractive optical element and of such an arrangement can be optimized locally for usable light.