OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVE; BROADBAND OBJECTIVE WITH MIRROR; AND REFRACTIVE LENSES AND BROADBAND OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING TWO OR MORE IMAGING PATHS
First Claim
1. An optical system for sample inspection comprising:
- an objective comprising at least four mirrors including an outermost mirror; and
focusing optics optically coupled to the objective, wherein the focusing optics include one or more refractive optical elements,wherein the objective is configured to provide imaging at a numerical aperture greater than 0.7, central obscuration less than 35% in pupil, and wherein an aspect ratio of outermost mirror at a sample side is no more than 20;
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Abstract
An optical system may include an objective having at least four mirrors including an outermost mirror with aspect ratio <20:1 and focusing optics including a refractive optical element. The objective provides imaging at numerical aperture >0.7, central obscuration <35% in pupil. An objective may have two or more mirrors, one with a refractive module that seals off an outermost mirror'"'"'s central opening. A broad band imaging system may include one objective and two or more imaging paths that provide imaging at numerical aperture >0.7 and field of view >0.8 mm. An optical imaging system may comprise an objective and two or more imaging paths. The imaging paths may provide two or more simultaneous broadband images of a sample in two or more modes. The modes may have different illumination and/or collection pupil apertures or different pixel sizes at the sample.
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51 Claims
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1. An optical system for sample inspection comprising:
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an objective comprising at least four mirrors including an outermost mirror; and focusing optics optically coupled to the objective, wherein the focusing optics include one or more refractive optical elements, wherein the objective is configured to provide imaging at a numerical aperture greater than 0.7, central obscuration less than 35% in pupil, and wherein an aspect ratio of outermost mirror at a sample side is no more than 20;
1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An imaging objective, comprising:
two or more mirrors, at least one of which contains a refractive module that seals off a central opening of an outermost mirror of the two or more mirrors in order to substantially isolate an atmosphere inside the objective from a sample atmosphere. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- 25. A optical imaging system comprising a single objective and two or more broadband imaging paths optically coupled to the objective, wherein the objective and imaging paths are configured to provide broadband imaging at a numerical aperture greater than 0.7 and a field of view greater than 0.8 mm
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49. An optical imaging system, comprising an objective configured to collect light from a sample located proximate the objective and two or more imaging paths optically coupled to the objective, wherein the two or more imaging paths are configured to provide a corresponding two or more simultaneous images of the sample in a corresponding two or more modes, wherein each mode of the two or more modes is characterized by an illumination pupil aperture and/or a collection pupil aperture and wherein each of the two or more simultaneous images is a broad band image.
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50. An optical imaging system, comprising an objective configured to collect light from a sample located proximate the objective and two or more imaging paths optically coupled to the objective, wherein the two or more imaging paths are configured to provide a corresponding two or more simultaneous images of the sample in a corresponding two or more modes, wherein each mode of the two or more modes is characterized by a different pixel size at the sample.
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51. A optical imaging system comprising a single objective and two or more imaging paths optically coupled to the objective, wherein the imaging paths are configured to transmit two different wavelength bands, wherein at least one wavelength band is a broadband wavelength band have a wavelength bandwidth greater than 10 nm in width, wherein illumination for the two different wavelength bands is coupled to a sample through the objective, wherein the objective and imaging paths are configured to provide imaging at a numerical aperture greater than 0.7 and a field of view greater than 0.8 mm.
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