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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Yasuhiro Omura, Kumagaya, JP;
Hironori Ikezawa, Fukaya, JP;
Yasuhiro Omura, Kumagaya, JP;
Hironori Ikezawa, Fukaya, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid immersion optical system includes a first optically transparent member and a second optically transparent member, arranged in an optical path between the first optically transparent member and an object. A first space between the first optically transparent member and the second optically transparent member is fillable with a first liquid. A second space between the second optically transparent member and the object is fillable with a second liquid. The second optically transparent member is detachably arranged in the optical path between the first optically transparent member and the object.