Multi-axis interferometer system using independent, single axis interferometers

Improved systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting positions of moving stages and a reference position of a beam column are provided. For some embodiments, independent discrete interferometers may be utilized for distance measurements in each axis, rather than a cumbersome monolithic multi-axis...

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Hauptverfasser: Eckes, William A, Sullivan, Jeffrey, Werder, Kurt
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Improved systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting positions of moving stages and a reference position of a beam column are provided. For some embodiments, independent discrete interferometers may be utilized for distance measurements in each axis, rather than a cumbersome monolithic multi-axis interferometer utilized in conventional systems.