Global Patent Index - EP 3962241 A1

EP 3962241 A1 20220302 - AN ILLUMINATION SOURCE AND ASSOCIATED METROLOGY APPARATUS

Title (en)

AN ILLUMINATION SOURCE AND ASSOCIATED METROLOGY APPARATUS

Title (de)

BELEUCHTUNGSQUELLE UND ZUGEHÖRIGE MESSVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

SOURCE D'ÉCLAIRAGE ET APPAREIL DE MÉTROLOGIE ASSOCIÉ

Publication

EP 3962241 A1 20220302 (EN)

Application

EP 20192841 A 20200826

Priority

EP 20192841 A 20200826

Abstract (en)

Disclosed is an illumination source comprising a gas delivery system being configured to provide a gas target for generating an emitted radiation at an interaction region of the gas target, and an interferometer for illuminating at least part of the gas target with an interferometer radiation to measure a property of the gas target.

IPC 8 full level

H05G 2/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H05G 2/003 (2013.01); H05G 2/008 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

  • [A] US 2013119232 A1 20130516 - MORIYA MASATO [JP], et al
  • [A] US 2008237498 A1 20081002 - MACFARLANE JOSEPH J [US]
  • [XA] FIEDOROWICZ H ET AL: "X-RAY LASER EXPERIMENTS USING LASER-IRRADIATED GAS PUFF TARGETS AT THE ASTERIX IV FACILITY", PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, IEEE, US, vol. 2520, 10 July 1995 (1995-07-10), pages 55 - 68, XP001036519, ISBN: 978-1-62841-730-2, DOI: 10.1117/12.221659

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3962241 A1 20220302

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20192841 A 20200826