Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH has developed a new mounting technology for optical elements. It is free of any
glue or other organic material whereby it is excellently appropriate to the use for DUV Systems, especially if high intensity occurs as it is to be found in illuminating systems. The new technology has been successfully applied in high quality lenses e.g. in a high NA inspection lens @266nm and several ultra high quality imaging systems @193nm. The so called Clamp Mount Technology is characterized by high accuracy and stability under environmental influence such as shock, vibration or thermal effects. There is no limitation in use with any optical material e.g. fused silica or calcium fluoride. The lens cells are routinely optimized by finite element method. Thus in advance clamp force is optimized having regard to deformation of optical surfaces, lens shape, lens weight, gravity and shock load. Additionally stress induced polarization effects are predictable. The FEM simulation results can be transferred to optical design tools which are used for lens design as much as for comparing design data with experimental results.
For about 200 years surface shape specification for optical components always had one goal only, to make an individual
optical component comparable with other pieces of the same type. If the specification is met, the component should
fulfill the requested behavior in the related optical system. Nomenclature of specification did not differ in dependence on
the components different position in the system or on different used beam diameters vs. components clear aperture. With
increasing performance of designed optical systems, surface shape tolerances of components became tighter more and
more. Such requirements either lead to inadequate expenses or to the absence of equipment to manufacture and test them
in a controlled process.
But in reality, only a small part of optical system components are used as they are measured - within full clear aperture.
Moreover, the light beam has a significant smaller diameter than the clear aperture has. Typically, this kind of
components we find in scanning systems and lenses with large Field of View (FOV).
As far as designed surface shape tolerances are derived from maximal acceptable wave front deviation for individual
light beams passing through the system, the related method for optical components acceptance test procedures is to
analyze wave front deviation in sub apertures caused by surface shape deviation. In this case designed values and
manufactured results are comparable to each other. To get the comparable values, surface shape analysis must be done in
a gliding sub-aperture area instead of analysing full clear aperture.
We show how sophisticated optical systems components may be specified, manufactured and tested in gliding subaperture
areas for any term described in normative papers, such as ISO
10110-Part 5 "Surface Form Tolerances", to
assure the final function in system.
The chosen examples correspond with "classic specified" optical component surface shapes down to 3/ - (0.02)@546nm.
The imaging performance of projection lenses is strongly influenced by the used tools and procedures of assembly and adjustment. This paper presents the experience we have, using the example of a wide-field g-line lens.
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