Mounted hollow-core fiber arrangement

    公开(公告)号:US11703634B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17836537

    申请日:2022-06-09

    CPC classification number: G02B6/02328 G02B6/02366 G03F7/70008 G01B11/25

    Abstract: A mounted hollow-core fiber arrangement includes a hollow-core fiber having a microstructure, and a mount arrangement including a plurality of mounting contacts configured to apply a force to an outer layer of the hollow-core fiber. A portion of the hollow-core fiber is located in a receiving region of the mount arrangement. The plurality of mounting contacts are positioned around the receiving region. The mounting contacts are distributed around the receiving region, the distribution of the mounting contacts corresponding to a distribution of features of the microstructure of the hollow-core fiber. The mounted hollow core fiber can be used in a radiation source apparatus for providing broadband radiation.

    Optical fiber
    16.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11099319B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16838400

    申请日:2020-04-02

    Abstract: An optical fiber, an apparatus for receiving input radiation and broadening a frequency range, a radiation source, a metrology arrangement and a lithographic apparatus are provided. The optical fiber comprises a hollow core, a cladding portion and a support portion. The cladding portion surrounds the hollow core and comprises a plurality of anti-resonance elements for guiding radiation through the hollow core. The support portion surrounds and supports the cladding portion and comprises an inner support portion, an outer support portion and a deformable connecting portion that connects the inner support portion to the outer support portion.

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