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公开(公告)号:US20230341222A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-26
申请号:US17757723
申请日:2020-12-21
Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation
Inventor: Benjamin Vakoc , Yongjoo Kim
IPC: G01B9/02091 , G01B9/02002 , G01B9/02015 , G01B9/02001
CPC classification number: G01B9/02091 , G01B9/02005 , G01B9/02028 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02011
Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for multiple beam optical coherence tomography are provided which, in some embodiments, include: a light source; a splitter that outputs a fraction of light to various waveguides; optical components that receive light from the waveguides and direct the light as beams that simultaneously impinge a sample at different lateral positions, and collect backscattered light from the lateral positons; another splitter that outputs a fraction of light to waveguides of a reference arm as reference light samples; a mixer that receives the backscattered light samples and the reference light samples, and combines each backscattered sample with a corresponding reference sample such that the mixer outputs fringes; and a detector that receives the fringes, and outputs OCT signals, each indicative of a structure of the sample at a respective lateral position.
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公开(公告)号:US11713959B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US17204595
申请日:2021-03-17
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Andrei V. Shchegrov , Ido Dolev , Yoram Uziel , Amnon Manassen
IPC: G01B9/02001 , G01B11/27
CPC classification number: G01B9/0201 , G01B11/272
Abstract: An interferometric overlay tool may include an interferometer and a controller. The interferometer may include one or more beamsplitters to split illumination including one or more wavelengths into a probe beam along a probe path and a reference beam along a reference path, one or more illumination optics to illuminate a grating-over-grating structure with the probe beam, one or more collection optics to collect a measurement beam from the grating-over-grating structure, one or more beam combiners to combine the measurement beam and the reference beam as an interference beam, and a variable phase delay configured to vary an optical path difference (OPD) in the interferometer. The controller may receive one or more interference signals representative of interferometric phase data associated with a plurality of OPD values and the one or more wavelengths from a detector and determine an overlay error of the grating-over-grating structure based on the interferometric phase data.
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公开(公告)号:US20230160697A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-25
申请号:US17603797
申请日:2020-04-14
Applicant: IXBLUE
Inventor: Eric DUCLOUX , Cédric MOLUCON , Hervè LEFEVRE
IPC: G01B9/02001
CPC classification number: G01B9/0201
Abstract: A fiber-optic interferometer is designed to receive and propagate a first single-mode wave along a first optical path and, respectively, a second single-mode wave along a second optical path, the second optical path being the reverse of the first optical path, and to form a first output wave and, respectively, a second output wave, having a modulated phase difference Δϕm(t). According to the invention, the modulated phase difference Δϕm(t) is equal to sum of a first periodic phase difference Δϕπ(t) having a level equal to ±π, a second periodic phase difference Δϕalpha(t) having a level equal to ±alpha and a third periodic phase difference Δϕbeta(t) having a variable level between −beta and +beta, said modulated phase difference Δϕm(t) comprising per modulation period T at least eight modulation levels among twelve modulation levels and said modulated phase difference between such that: Δϕm(t+T/2)=−Δϕm(t).
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公开(公告)号:US20170363413A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-21
申请号:US15534550
申请日:2015-12-11
Applicant: SunEdison Semiconductor Limited
Inventor: Benno ORSCHEL , Andrey MELNIKOV , John F. VALLEY , Markus Jan Peter SIEGERT
CPC classification number: G01B9/02077 , G01B9/02004 , G01B9/02005 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02083 , G01B11/2441 , G01N21/9501
Abstract: A method performs phase shift interferometry to detect irregularities of a surface of a wafer after the wafer has been placed into an interferometer and while the wafer is vibrating. Additionally, a system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium have computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing phase shift interferometry to detect irregularities of a surface of a wafer after the wafer has been placed into an interferometer and while the wafer is vibrating.
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公开(公告)号:US20170199023A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-13
申请号:US15321467
申请日:2015-06-30
Inventor: Robert SNEL , Wouter Andries JONKER , Thomas LIEBIG , Jasper WINTERS
IPC: G01B9/02
CPC classification number: G01B9/02091 , A61B5/0066 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02071 , G01B2290/60
Abstract: An optical coherence tomography microscopy apparatus (1) is presented for detecting a three-dimensional image of an optically translucent or reflective sample object (OS), the apparatus comprising an interferometric optical setup including a photo sensor unit (20). A sense signal Si from the photo sensor unit (20) is detected using a detection reference signal. The detection reference signal is derived from a signal indicative for a relative displacement of the sample object (OS) with respect to a reference object.
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公开(公告)号:US09625250B2
公开(公告)日:2017-04-18
申请号:US13871456
申请日:2013-04-26
Inventor: Jae-guyn Lim , Beop-min Kim , Won-zoo Chung , Hyun-woo Jeong , Seong-deok Lee , Woo-young Jang
CPC classification number: G01B9/02091 , A61B5/0066 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02083
Abstract: A method of generating a tomographic image includes detecting an interference signal containing cross-sectional information of a target object as raw data of the target object, the raw data being phase-modulated in a first direction with respect to a cross section of the target object; demodulating the raw data by adjusting at least one parameter of a filter function defining filtering using a fixed window size; and generating a tomographic image of the target object by performing signal processing on the demodulated raw data.
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公开(公告)号:US09492078B2
公开(公告)日:2016-11-15
申请号:US14101253
申请日:2013-12-09
Applicant: Optovue, Inc.
Inventor: Tony H. Ko , Yonghua Zhao , David Huang
CPC classification number: A61B3/102 , A61B3/0025 , A61B5/0066 , A61B5/0073 , A61B5/7257 , G01B9/02004 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02021 , G01B9/02028 , G01B9/02044 , G01B9/02091
Abstract: An imager that can provide separated images corresponding to differing depths in a sample is presented. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, an imager can include a light source; a sample arm that receives light from the light source, directs the light to a sample, and captures light returning from the sample; a modulation source that provides different modulations corresponding to differing imaging depths in the sample; a detector system to receive the captured light from the sample with the different modulations; and a processor that receives signals from the detector system and separates a plurality of images corresponding with the differing image depths in the sample.
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公开(公告)号:US09488463B2
公开(公告)日:2016-11-08
申请号:US14789537
申请日:2015-07-01
Applicant: Avalon Sciences Ltd
Inventor: James Kengo Andersen , Eric Lee Goldner , Agop Hygasov Cherbettchian , Gerald Robert Baker , David T. Beatson
CPC classification number: G01D5/35312 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02014 , G01B9/02015 , G01B9/02027 , G01B9/0205 , G01D5/35316 , G01D5/35377 , G01H9/004 , G01L1/246 , G01P15/093 , G01V1/181 , G02B6/022
Abstract: A fiber optic transducer is provided. The fiber optic transducer includes a fixed portion configured to be secured to a body of interest, a moveable portion having a range of motion with respect to the fixed portion, a spring positioned between the fixed portion and the moveable portion, and a length of fiber wound between the fixed portion and the moveable portion. The length of fiber spans the spring. The fiber optic transducer also includes a mass engaged with the moveable portion. In one disclosed aspect of the transducer, the mass envelopes the moveable portion.
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公开(公告)号:US09448056B2
公开(公告)日:2016-09-20
申请号:US12759029
申请日:2010-04-13
Applicant: Joseph A. Izatt
Inventor: Joseph A. Izatt
IPC: G01B9/02
CPC classification number: G01B9/02007 , G01B9/02004 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02027 , G01B9/02044 , G01B9/02079 , G01B9/02081 , G01B9/02091 , G01B2290/40 , G01B2290/45 , G01B2290/70
Abstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging method which can image with micrometer-scale resolution up to a few millimeters deep into, for example, living biological tissues and preserved tissue samples. An improved apparatus and image reconstruction algorithm for parallel Fourier Domain OCT which greatly eases requirements for interferometer stability and also allows for more efficient parallel image acquisition is provided. The apparatuses and algorithms reconstruct images from interfered, low-coherence, multiwave length signals having a .pi. radian phase difference relative to one another. Other numbers of signals and other phase differences may be alternatively used, with some combinations resulting in higher resolution and image stability. The apparatus also eliminates a need for bulk optics to modulate a phase delay in a reference arm of the optical path. Images may be reconstructed using two spectrometers, where each is coupled to a detector array such as a photodiode array.
Abstract translation: 光学相干断层扫描(OCT)是一种成像方法,可以将尺寸分辨率高达几毫米的微米尺度分辨率成像到例如活的生物组织和保留的组织样本中。 提供了一种用于并行傅立叶域OCT的改进的装置和图像重建算法,其大大减轻了干涉仪稳定性的要求,并且还提供了更有效的并行图像采集。 装置和算法从具有.pi的干扰,低相干,多波长信号重构图像。 弧度相位差相对于彼此。 可以替代地使用其他数量的信号和其它相位差,其中一些组合导致更高的分辨率和图像稳定性。 该装置还消除了对光学路径的参考臂中的相位延迟调制体光学器件的需要。 可以使用两个光谱仪重建图像,其中每个光谱仪耦合到诸如光电二极管阵列的检测器阵列。
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公开(公告)号:US09384540B2
公开(公告)日:2016-07-05
申请号:US14095624
申请日:2013-12-03
Inventor: Benno Orschel
CPC classification number: G06T7/0004 , G01B9/0201 , G01B9/02084 , G01N21/88 , G01N21/8851
Abstract: A method for measuring phase shift to detect irregularities of a surface is described. Additionally, a system for measuring phase shift to detect irregularities of a surface is provided. Further, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon is described. The computer-executable instructions are for measuring phase shift to detect irregularities of a surface.
Abstract translation: 描述了用于测量相移以检测表面的不规则性的方法。 另外,提供了用于测量相移以检测表面不规则性的系统。 此外,描述了具有实施在其上的计算机可执行指令的非暂时计算机可读存储介质。 计算机可执行指令用于测量相移以检测表面的不规则性。
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