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Optical member and method of producing the same, and projection aligner

US6850371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2002
Grant dateFeb 1, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70958
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical member of the invention is an optical member for photolithography used together with light having a wavelength of not more than 250 nm. The optical member is made of a fluoride crystal in which a maximum diameter dmax (cm) of scattering bodies existing internally and a quantity ns of the scattering bodies per 1 cm3 satisfy a condition represented by following formula (1):0<dmax2×ns<6.5×10−4 (cm−1)  (1).

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