HOLLOW-CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240053532A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18271025

    申请日:2021-12-20

    IPC分类号: G02B6/02 G02F1/35 G02F1/365

    摘要: A radiation source for generating broadband radiation, the source including an input assembly for providing input radiation and a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber configured to receive and confine the input radiation coupled into the fiber for generating broadband radiation through spectral broadening, wherein the input assembly includes a pump source configured to provide input radiation having an average power of at least 50 W, and wherein the hollow core photonic crystal fiber includes: a hollow core having a diameter of at least 35 μm; and a cladding region including a plurality of anti-resonant structures surrounding the hollow core, the anti-resonant structures including a wall portion having a wall thickness smaller than half the wavelength of the lower end of a wavelength range of the broadband radiation.

    Optical Fiber
    3.
    发明申请
    Optical Fiber 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200319400A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-08

    申请号:US16838400

    申请日:2020-04-02

    IPC分类号: G02B6/02 G02B6/44

    摘要: 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.