Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – Utilizing a spectrometer
Patent
1998-04-08
1999-06-29
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
Utilizing a spectrometer
356369, 250372, G01J 3447
Patent
active
059175940
ABSTRACT:
Achromatic optics may be employed in spectroscopic measurement systems. The achromatic optics comprises a spherical mirror receiving a beam of radiation in a direction away from its axis and a pair of lenses: a positive lens and a negative meniscus lens. The negative meniscus lens corrects for the spherical aberration caused by off-axis reflection from the spherical mirror. The positive lens compensates for the achromatic aberration introduced by the negative lens so that the optics, as a whole, is achromatic over visible and ultraviolet wavelengths. Preferably, the two lenses combined have zero power or close to zero power. By employing a spherical mirror, it is unnecessary to employ ellipsoidal or paraboloidal mirrors with artifacts of diamond turning which limit the size of the spot of the sample that can be measured in ellipsometry, reflectometry or scatterometry.
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Evans F. L.
Kla-Tencor Corporation
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