Optical Instruments, Volume. 46, Issue 4, 81(2024)

Ensuring the yield of mass production in extreme ultraviolet lithography: the pellicle for mask

Xiaoran LI* and Fenghua LI
Author Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Thin Film Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Received: Mar. 12, 2024

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    Published Online: Nov. 14, 2024

    The Author Email: LI Xiaoran (w16a2z@163.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.202403110048

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