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Equal optical path beam splitters by use of amplitude-splitting and wavefront-splitting methods for pencil beam interferometer

Qian et al., 2004

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8169753386420323498
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Qian S
Takacs P
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Advances in Mirror Technology for X-Ray, EUV Lithography, Laser, and Other Applications

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A beam splitter to create two separated parallel beams is a critical unit of a pencil beam interferometer, for example the long trace profiler (LTP). The operating principle of the beam splitter can be based upon eitehr amplitude-splitting (AS) or wavefront-splitting (WS). For …
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