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Title:
LIGHT FLUX CONVERSION ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014195094
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination optical device which can form an annular pupil distribution in circumferential polarization state, while suppressing light quantity loss well.SOLUTION: The illumination optical device includes a light flux conversion element 50 for forming an annular light intensity distribution on a predetermined surface on the basis of an incident light flux. The light flux conversion element consists of a first basic element 50A formed of an optical material having optical rotation, and forming a first arcuate region distribution out of annular light intensity distributions on the basis of the incident light flux, a second basic element 50B for forming a second arcuate region distribution, a third basic element 50C for forming a third arcuate region distribution, and a fourth basic element 50D for forming a fourth arcuate region distribution. Each basic element has a different thickness in the transmission direction of light.

Inventors:
TOYODA MITSUNORI
Application Number:
JP2014096136A
Publication Date:
October 09, 2014
Filing Date:
May 07, 2014
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Assignee:
NIKON CORP
International Classes:
H01L21/027; G02B5/18; G02B5/30; G02B19/00; G02B27/00; G02B27/28; G02B27/44; G03F7/20
Domestic Patent References:
JPH09184918A1997-07-15
JPH0757992A1995-03-03
JPH06120110A1994-04-28
JPS6344726A1988-02-25
JP2006269462A2006-10-05
JP2010226117A2010-10-07
JPS6344726A1988-02-25
JPH06120110A1994-04-28
JPH0757992A1995-03-03
JPH09184918A1997-07-15
JP2006269462A2006-10-05
Foreign References:
WO2001035451A12001-05-17
WO2001035451A12001-05-17
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Seiji Ono
Eiryou Kobayashi
Shinji Kato
Mamoru Suzuki
Hiroshi Otani