ILLUMINATION OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
First Claim
1. An illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source, the illumination optical system comprising:
- a spatial light modulator having a plurality of optical elements arrayed on a predetermined surface and individually controlled, the spatial light modulator being configured to variably form a light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system;
a divergence angle providing member arranged in a conjugate space including a surface optically conjugate with the predetermined surface, the divergence angle providing member being configured to provide a divergence angle to an incident beam and emit the beam; and
a polarizing member arranged in a predetermined space including the predetermined surface or in the conjugate space, the polarizing member being configured to change a polarization state of a partial beam of a propagating beam propagating in an optical path.
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Abstract
An illumination optical system can form a pupil intensity distribution with a desired beam profile. The illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source is provided with a spatial light modulator which has a plurality of optical elements arrayed on a predetermined surface and individually controlled and which variably forms a light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system; a divergence angle providing member which is arranged in a conjugate space including a surface optically conjugate with the predetermined surface and which provides a divergence angle to an incident beam and emits the beam; and a polarizing member which is arranged at a position in the vicinity of the predetermined surface or in the conjugate space and which changes a polarization state of a partial beam of a propagating beam propagating in an optical path.
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1. An illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source, the illumination optical system comprising:
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a spatial light modulator having a plurality of optical elements arrayed on a predetermined surface and individually controlled, the spatial light modulator being configured to variably form a light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system; a divergence angle providing member arranged in a conjugate space including a surface optically conjugate with the predetermined surface, the divergence angle providing member being configured to provide a divergence angle to an incident beam and emit the beam; and a polarizing member arranged in a predetermined space including the predetermined surface or in the conjugate space, the polarizing member being configured to change a polarization state of a partial beam of a propagating beam propagating in an optical path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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16. An illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source, the illumination optical system comprising:
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a spatial light modulator having a plurality of optical elements arrayed on a predetermined surface and individually controlled, the spatial light modulator being configured to form a light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system; and a divergence angle providing member arranged in a conjugate space including a surface optically conjugate with the predetermined surface, the divergence angle providing member being configured to provide a divergence angle to at least a partial beam of a propagating beam propagating in an optical path, to generate a plurality of beams with different divergence angles. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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50-66. -66. (canceled)
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67. An illumination optical system for illuminating an illumination target surface with light from a light source, the illumination optical system comprising:
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a divergence angle providing member configured to diverge or converge at least a partial beam from the light source to generate light beams having different divergence angles; and a spatial light modulator having a plurality of optical elements controlled individually, the spatial light modulator being configured to distribute light from the divergence angle providing member on an illumination pupil of the illumination optical system. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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