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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2002
Applicant:
James P. Mcguire, Jr., Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventor:
James P. McGuire, Jr., Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical system includes at least one cubic crystalline optical element aligned along an optical axis, the at least one cubic crystalline optical element being birefringent and imparting retardance on a beam of light propagating through the optical system along the optical axis, and polarization rotation optics inserted along the optical axis and selected to rotate the polarization of the beam of light to at least partially reduce the retardance.