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US Patent 7532330
Issued Date
May 12, 2009
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Methods and systems for determining information about the incident angle of a beam are disclosed, the method including directing a beam having an s-polarized component and a p-polarized component to reflect from an interface at a non-normal angle, where the non-normal reflection introduces for each component a phase change upon reflection that is different for each component, and measuring an optical interference signal related to the phase change between the components of the reflected beam.
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Zygo Corporation (Middlefield, CT)
Published
May 12, 2009
Application Number
11/504,455
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August 15, 2006
US Classification
356/493  
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G01B   9/02   (20060101)  
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/708,736, entitled "ANGLE INTERFEROMETERS," filed on Aug. 16, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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