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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Yoshiyuki Kuramoto, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takamasa Sasaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Kuramoto, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takamasa Sasaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical interferometer including, an analyzer configured to calculate an air dispersion ratio of air in the dispersion measurement interferometer excluding the component gas on the basis of a detection result of a first partial pressure detector, to calculate dispersion of air in a distance measurement interferometer from the calculated air dispersion ratio and a detection result of a second partial pressure detector, and to calculate a geometrical distance of the optical path length difference between a reference surface and a target surface.