Optical Technique, Volume. 51, Issue 4, 408(2025)

Optical design of hybrid surface EUV lithography objective

YU Sichen, NAN Yanbei, CHEN Yuqing, YAN Xu, LIU Lihui*, and LI Yanqiu
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Imaging Technology and System, Ministry of Education, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Received: Feb. 20, 2025

    Accepted: Aug. 12, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: LIU Lihui (liulihui@bit.edu.cn)

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