PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4451021A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-23

    申请号:EP23168262.6

    申请日:2023-04-17

    IPC分类号: G02B6/02

    摘要: A photonic crystal fiber (10) comprising a core region and a cladding region surrounding the core region. The core region and the cladding region comprise a material (12) having a first refractive index, the cladding region additionally comprising a plurality of microstructures (14) extending from an input end of the fiber along a longitudinal axis of the fiber to an output end of the fiber, the plurality of microstructures (14) having a second refractive index which less than the first refractive index. The plurality of microstructures in the cladding region are arranged in a cross-sectional pattern comprising at least one ring of microstructures surrounding the core region, wherein a diameter of the core region Dcore is at least 16 µm, the photonic crystal fiber having a transmission bandwidth of 200 nm or more.

    SENSOR MODULE, ILLUMINATOR, METROLOGY DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METROLOGY METHOD

    公开(公告)号:EP4318131A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-07

    申请号:EP22188074.3

    申请日:2022-08-01

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20 G03H1/04

    摘要: A sensor module is disclosed for a metrology apparatus. The sensor module comprises an illumination device for illuminating a structure on a substrate, said illumination device comprising at least a first set of illuminators and a second set of illuminators, wherein said first set of illuminators comprise one or more illuminators which are each operable to illuminate said structure with first illumination comprising a first optical characteristic and wherein said second set of illuminators comprise one or more illuminators which are each operable to illuminate said structure with second illumination comprising a second optical characteristic different to said first optical characteristic; an optical system being operable to capture scattered radiation scattered by the structure resultant from the structure being illuminated; and a detector operable to detect the scattered radiation.

    HOLOGRAPHIC METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4332678A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-06

    申请号:EP22193868.1

    申请日:2022-09-05

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20 G03H1/04 G03H1/08

    摘要: A method of determining a parameter of interest of a structure comprising at least one first feature oriented along a first axis of a structure coordinate system and at least one second feature oriented along a second axis of the structure coordinate system. The method comprising: illuminating the first feature and the second feature with first illumination from a first direction oblique to said first axis and second axis, so as to generate first scattered radiation from the first feature and second scattered radiation from the second feature, detecting a first interference pattern formed by interference between a portion of the first scattered radiation and first reference illumination; detecting a second interference pattern formed by interference between a portion of the second scattered radiation and the first reference illumination; and determining the parameter of interest of the structure using the first interference pattern and the second interference pattern.

    METHODS OF MITIGATING CROSSTALK IN METROLOGY IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:EP4312079A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-31

    申请号:EP22187892.9

    申请日:2022-07-29

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: Disclosed is a method of determining an orthonormalized structure of interest reference image, the orthonormalized structure of interest reference image for applying to a measured image of the structure of interest to correct for the effect of crosstalk from at least one nuisance structure. The method comprises determining a structure of interest reference image based on knowledge of the structure of interest; determining at least one nuisance structure reference image based on knowledge of the at least one nuisance structure; and orthonormalizing the structure of interest reference image to the at least one nuisance reference image to obtain the orthonormalized structure of interest reference image.