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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Andrei Mikhailovich Yakunin, Mierlo, NL;

Vladimir Mihailovitch Krivtsun, Moscow Region, RU;

Viacheslav Medvedev, Moscow, RU;

Alexandre Kodentsov, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Andrei Mikhailovich Yakunin, Mierlo, NL;

Vladimir Mihailovitch Krivtsun, Moscow Region, RU;

Viacheslav Medvedev, Moscow, RU;

Alexandre Kodentsov, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70191 (2013.01); G03F 7/70916 (2013.01); G03F 7/70958 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 5/208 (2013.01); G03F 7/70575 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spectral purity filter includes a body of material, through which a plurality of apertures extend. The apertures are arranged to suppress radiation having a first wavelength and to allow at least a portion of radiation having a second wavelength to be transmitted through the apertures. The second wavelength of radiation is shorter than the first wavelength of radiation. The body of material is formed from tungsten-molybdenum alloy or a molybdenum-rhenium alloy or a tungsten-rhenium alloy or a tungsten-molybdenum-rhenium alloy.


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