EUV LITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING AN OPTICAL...

Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Illumination systems or details

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C355S053000

Reexamination Certificate

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06882406

ABSTRACT:
An EUV lithographic apparatus contains an optical element, the surface of the optical element being modified to reduce the effects of reflectivity reduction by molecular contamination. The surface is modified such that it includes a self assembled monolayer.

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