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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2009
Hong YE, San Diego, CA (US);
Alex Ershov, Escondido, CA (US);
Rajasekhar Rao, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel Brown, San Diego, CA (US);
Slava Rokitski, La Jolla, CA (US);
Rong (Lauren) Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ray Cybulski, San Diego, CA (US);
James J. Ferrell, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert Bergstedt, Carlsbad, CA (US);
John Viatella, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Duffey, San Diego, CA (US);
Hong Ye, San Diego, CA (US);
Alex Ershov, Escondido, CA (US);
Rajasekhar Rao, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel Brown, San Diego, CA (US);
Slava Rokitski, La Jolla, CA (US);
Rong (Lauren) Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ray Cybulski, San Diego, CA (US);
James J. Ferrell, Temecula, CA (US);
Robert Bergstedt, Carlsbad, CA (US);
John Viatella, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas Duffey, San Diego, CA (US);
Cymer, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An aspect of the disclosed subject matter includes a method of reducing the laser absorption of a beam reverser prism consisting of at least one of the following: increasing a first distance between a first incident point and a chamfered corner, wherein the first incident point is on a first reflective surface of the prism and the chamfered corner is formed between the first reflective surface and a second reflective surface of the prism, wherein the chamfered corner has a chamfered surface; increasing a second distance between a second incident point and the chamfered corner, wherein the second incident point is on the second reflective surface of the prism; and increasing a reflectivity of the chamfered surface of the chamfered corner of the prism. A method of determining a prime cut for an optical component is also disclosed. A laser including at least one prime cut optical component is also disclosed.