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    • 2. 发明申请
    • Very high repetition rate narrow band gas discharge laser system
    • US20050226300A1
    • 2005-10-13
    • US10815386
    • 2004-03-31
    • Thomas SteigerEdward HoltawayBryan MoosmanRajasekhar Rao
    • Thomas SteigerEdward HoltawayBryan MoosmanRajasekhar Rao
    • H01S3/00H01S3/038H01S3/097H01S3/104H01S3/13H01S3/22H01S3/23
    • H01S3/038H01S3/0057H01S3/07H01S3/097H01S3/09702H01S3/104H01S3/1305H01S3/2333
    • A method and apparatus for producing a very high repetition rate gas discharge laser system in a MOPA configuration is disclosed which may comprise a master oscillator gas discharge layer system producing a beam of oscillator laser output light pulses at a very high pulse repetition rate; at least two power amplification gas discharge laser systems receiving laser output light pulses from the master oscillator gas discharge laser system and each of the at least two power amplification gas discharge laser systems amplifying some of the received laser output light pulses at a pulse repetition that is a fraction of the very high pulse repetition rate equal to one over the number of the at least two power amplification gas discharge laser systems to form an amplified output laser light pulse beam at the very high pulse repetition rate, which may be positioned in series with respect to the oscillator laser output light pulse beam. The apparatus and method may further comprise a beam delivery unit connected to the laser light output of the power amplification laser system. The apparatus and method may be a very high repetition rate gas discharge laser system in a MOPO configuration. The apparatus and method may comprise a compression head comprising a compression head charge storage device being charged at x times per second; a gas discharge chamber comprising at least two sets of paired gas discharge electrodes; at least two magnetically saturable switches, respectively connected between the compression head charge storage device and one of the at least two sets of paired electrodes and comprising first and second opposite biasing windings having a first biasing current for the first biasing winding and a second biasing current for the second biasing winding and comprising a switching circuit to switch the biasing current from the first biasing current to the second biasing current such that only one of the at least two switches receives the first biasing current at a repetition rate equal to x divided by the number of the at least two sets of paired electrodes while the remainder of the at least two magnetically saturable switches receives the second biasing current. The apparatus and method may be utilized as a lithography tool or for producing laser produced plasma EUV light.
    • 3. 发明申请
    • GAS DISCHARGE MOPA LASER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS MODULE
    • US20050068538A1
    • 2005-03-31
    • US10676907
    • 2003-09-30
    • Rajasekhar RaoJohn MelchiorHolger Glatzel
    • Rajasekhar RaoJohn MelchiorHolger Glatzel
    • H01S3/23G01J3/45
    • H01S3/2366H01S3/03H01S3/2333
    • A spectral analysis module, including a wavemeter, for a high repetition rate gas discharge laser having a laser output beam comprising a pulsed output of greater than or equal to 15 mJ per pulse, sub-nanometer bandwidth tuning range pulses having a femptometer bandwidth precision and tens of femptometers bandwidth accuracy range, for measuring bandwidth on a pulse to pulse basis at pulse repetition rates of 4000 Hz and above, is disclosed which may comprise a primary beam-splitter in the path of the laser output laser of the gas discharge laser operative to pass the vast majority of the output beam and to reflect a first small portion of the output beam, the primary beam splitter oriented at an angle to sufficiently reduce the fluence on the primary beam-splitter, and creating overlapping fresnel reflections in the first small portion of the laser output beam; a secondary beam splitter made from a material having a damage threshold sufficiently high to tolerate the fluence created by the overlapping portion of the fresnel reflections in the first small portion of the output laser beam, the secondary beam splitter reflecting the vast majority of the first small portion of the output laser beam and passing a second small portion of the output laser beam; a telescoping optic in the path of the second small portion of the output beam operative to demagnify the second small portion of the output beam onto a first stage diffuser receiving the demagnified second small portion of the output laser beam, the demagnification selected to keep the fluence in the overlapping fresnel reflections in the second small portion of the output laser beam below the damage threshold of the first stage diffuser. The telescoping optic may demagnify a long axis of the second small portion of the output laser beam more than a short axis of the second small portion of the output laser beam, redistributing the fluence of the second small portion of the laser output beam across the first stage diffuser to keep any portion of the first stage diffuser from exceeding the damage threshold for the material from which the first stage diffuser is made. The vast majority of the first small portion of the laser output beam may be reflected into a power detection module. A second stage diffuser may creating a narrow cone of a focused second small portion of the laser output beam before the beam enters an interferometer.
    • 5. 发明申请
    • High power laser output beam energy density reduction
    • 大功率激光输出光束能量密度降低
    • US20050100072A1
    • 2005-05-12
    • US10925746
    • 2004-08-24
    • Rajasekhar RaoWeiman ZhangJames HoweyGamaralalage PadmabanduPaolo ZambonRichard Sandstrom
    • Rajasekhar RaoWeiman ZhangJames HoweyGamaralalage PadmabanduPaolo ZambonRichard Sandstrom
    • H01S3/22
    • G03F7/70183G02B27/0927G03F7/70025
    • A high power gas discharge laser for and method of producing laser output light pulses of high energy density is disclosed which may comprise a laser output light pulse beam optical track having a plurality of modular components arranged in order from a laser light source to a laser system output port and defining a laser output light pulse beam path having a single centerline axis; a first optical module and a second optical module in series in the optical track; a flexible interface element intermediate the first and the second optical module and rigidly attached to each of the first and second optical modules; and an optical element having a fixed position in the output laser pulse beam path comprising a rigid attachment to the first optical module, and extending within the flexible interface element. The optical element may comprise a beam expander, which may comprise a lensed beam expander. The optical element may comprise at least a part of a telescoping lens set forming an optical beam expander and the at least a part of a telescoping lens set comprises the entire telescoping lens set forming the optical beam expander or the at least a part of a telescoping lens set may comprise a first part of the beam expander cooperating with at least a second part located in a subsequent optical module in the laser output pulse beam optical track along the same optical centerline axis. A plurality of aligning mechanisms may align the optical element to a first and a second axis of the laser output pulse beam, the first and second axes being generally orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to the optical centerline axis, and also along the optical centerline axis. The beam expander may incorporate as one optic the output coupler optic and may have a moveable lens to enable a range of magnifications.
    • 公开了一种用于产生高能量密度的激光输出光脉冲的高功率气体放电激光器及其制造方法,其可以包括激光输出光脉冲光束光学轨道,其具有从激光光源到激光系统的顺序排列的多个模块化部件 输出端口并且限定具有单个中心线轴线的激光输出光脉冲光束路径; 在光轨中串联的第一光模块和第二光模块; 柔性接口元件,其位于第一和第二光学模块之间,并刚性地附接到第一和第二光学模块中的每一个; 以及在所述输出激光脉冲光束路径中具有固定位置的光学元件,包括与所述第一光学模块的刚性附件,并且在所述柔性接口元件内延伸。 光学元件可以包括光束扩展器,其可以包括透镜光束扩展器。 光学元件可以包括形成光束扩展器的伸缩透镜组的至少一部分,并且伸缩透镜组的至少一部分包括形成光束扩展器的整个伸缩透镜组或伸缩透镜组的至少一部分 透镜组可以包括光束扩展器的第一部分,其与位于激光输出脉冲光束光轨中的后续光学模块中的至少第二部分沿着相同的光学中心线轴协作。 多个对准机构可将光学元件对准激光输出脉冲光束的第一和第二轴线,第一和第二轴线基本上彼此正交并且与光学中心线轴线正交,并且还沿着光学中心线轴线 。 光束扩展器可以并入作为输出耦合器光学器件的一个光学元件,并且可以具有可移动透镜以实现一定范围的放大率。
    • 6. 发明申请
    • OPTICAL MOUNTINGS FOR GAS DISCHARGE MOPA LASER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS MODULE
    • 用于气体放电的光学安装激光光谱分析模块
    • US20050068542A1
    • 2005-03-31
    • US10676224
    • 2003-09-30
    • James HoweyRajasekhar Rao
    • James HoweyRajasekhar Rao
    • G01B9/02G01J11/00G02B7/02G02B7/182H01S3/13
    • G02B7/1825G01J11/00G02B7/021
    • A wavemeter for a high repetition rate gas discharge laser having an output laser bean comprising a pulsed output of greater than or equal to 15 mJ per pulse, sub-nanometer bandwidth tuning range pulses having a femptometer bandwidth precision and tens of femptometers bandwidth accuracy range, for measuring bandwidth on a pulse to pulse basis at pulse repetition rates of 4000 Hz and above, is disclosed which may comprise an adjustable optic mounting containing an optic element having an assigned vertical optical plane in the wavemeter optical layout and comprising: a mounting dowel pin positioned on a platform holding the components of the wavemeter; a dowel receiving opening on the adjustable mirror mounting a tangent to which is in the assigned vertical optical plane. The adjustable optic mounting may contain a tilt mechanism incorporated into the adjustable optic mounting enabling tilting the optic element about an axis in a plane parallel to a platform holding components of the wavemeter. The mounting may also have an optic receiving recess indexed to the size of the optic element. The optic element may be retained by at least one spring clip and may be a flat rectangular mirror or a circular optic, e.g., a mirror or a lens. The mounting may also have an optic mounting frame containing an optical element; a slit assembly containing a microslit adapted to selectively pass a slit of the optical output of the optical diffusion element to a succeeding optical element, moveably mounted to the optic mounting frame; a microslit position adjustment mechanism moving the slit assembly from a retracted position exposing the optic diffusion element for purposes of alignment to a down position with the slit aligned and moving the microslit into alignment.
    • 一种用于具有输出激光束的高重复率气体放电激光器的波长计,其包括脉冲输出大于或等于15mJ /脉冲,亚纳米带宽调谐范围脉冲具有飞行器带宽精度和数十个飞行器带宽精度范围, 用于以4000Hz及以上的脉冲重复频率在脉冲到脉冲基础上测量带宽,其可以包括可调光学安装件,其包含在波长计光学布局中具有指定的垂直光学平面的光学元件,并且包括:安装销钉 位于保持波长计的组件的平台上; 可调节镜上的定位销接收开口安装在指定的垂直光学平面中的切线。 可调节光学安装件可以包含结合到可调节光学安装件中的倾斜机构,使得可以在平行于保持波长计的部件的平台的平面中绕轴线倾斜光学元件。 安装件还可以具有与光学元件的尺寸分度的光学接收凹部。 光学元件可以由至少一个弹簧夹保持,并且可以是平面矩形镜或圆形光学器件,例如镜子或透镜。 安装件还可以具有包含光学元件的光学安装框架; 狭缝组件,其包含适于选择性地将光扩散元件的光输出的狭缝传递到可移动地安装到光学安装框架的后续光学元件的微型灯; 微型位置调节机构使狭缝组件从缩回位置移动,该缩回位置暴露光学扩散元件,以便对准到下部位置,同时狭缝对准并将微光线移动到对准位置。