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An apparatus for measuring an aerial image, the apparatus comprising:a movable unit adapted to move a reflective extreme ultra-violet (EUV) mask disposed thereon in an x-axis and/or y-axis direction;an X-ray mirror arranged on the movable unit, the X-ray mirror being adapted to selectively reflect a coherent EUV light having a selected wavelength;a zoneplate lens that is located between the movable unit and the X-ray mirror, the zoneplate lens being adapted to focus the coherent EUV light on a portion of the reflective EUV mask; anda detector arranged on the movable unit, the detector being adapted to sense energy of the reflected coherent EUV light when the focused coherent EUV light is reflected by the portion of the reflective EUV mask,wherein numerical apertures of the zoneplate lens and detector are based on parameters of a scanner used to form a pattern through the EUV mask, the parameters of the scanner including a numerical aperture, an off-axis degree, and a reduction magnification. 2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an aperture between the reflective EUV mask and the detector. 3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the X-ray mirror comprises a multi-layer structure including at least one molybdenum layer and at least one silicon layer, which are alternately arranged. 4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a EUV light generator, the EUV light generator comprising:a high power femtosecond laser adapted to output a high power femtosecond laser beam;a gas cell adapted to generate the coherent EUV light having a selected wavelength from the high power femtosecond laser; anda lens adapted to focus the high power femtosecond laser beam on the gas cell. 5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the gas cell is filled with a neon gas so as to optimize a production efficiency of a coherent EUV light having a wavelength of 13.5 nm. 6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the X-ray mirror is adapted to reflect the coherent EUV light emitted from the EUV light generator toward the portion of the reflective EUV mask at an angle of about 4° to about 8° with respect to a normal line of the reflective EUV mask. 7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the zoneplate lens is adapted to focus the reflected coherent EUV light on the portion of the reflective EUV mask at an angle of about 4° to about 8° with respect to a normal line of the reflective EUV mask. 8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a computing unit adapted to reconstruct an image of the reflective EUV mask based on energy sensed by the detector. 9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein numerical apertures of the zoneplate lens and detector are based on incidence and reflection angles of the coherent EUV light on and from the reflective EUV mask. 10. An apparatus for measuring an aerial image of a pattern corresponding to a semiconductor pattern to be formed by scanning the pattern using a scanner, the apparatus comprising:a zoneplate lens arranged on a first side of an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) mask including the pattern, the zoneplate lens adapted to focus EUV light on a portion of the EUV mask at a same angle as an angle at which the scanner will be disposed with respect to a normal line of the EUV mask; anda detector arranged on a second side of the EUV mask and adapted to sense energy of the EUV light from the EUV mask,wherein numerical apertures of the zoneplate lens and detector are based on parameters of a scanner used to form a pattern through the EUV mask, the parameters of the scanner including a numerical aperture, an off-axis degree, and a reduction magnification. 11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a movable unit on which the EUV mask is arranged, the movable unit being adapted to move the EUV mask in an x-axis direction and/or an y-axis direction. 12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the EUV mask is a reflective EUV mask including a reflective material. 13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the detector is adapted to sense energy of reflected EUV light that is reflected from the reflective EUV mask. 14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, further comprising an EUV light generator and an X-ray mirror adapted to selectively reflect the EUV light from the EUV light generator. 15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the EUV light generator includes a high power femtosecond laser. 16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the EUV mask is a transmissive EUV mask. 17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the detector is adapted to sense energy of transmitted coherent EUV light that is transmitted through the transmissive EUV mask. 18. An apparatus for measuring an aerial image, the apparatus comprising:a light source configured to emit extreme ultra-violet (EUV) light;a movable unit adapted to move a reflective EUV mask disposed thereon in an x-axis and/or y-axis direction;a zoneplate lens configured to focus the EUV light on the EUV mask at a same angle as an angle at which a scanner will be disposed with respect to a normal to the EUV mask;a detector arranged on the movable unit, the detector being adapted to sense energy of RUV light reflected by the portion of the reflective EUV mask, wherein a ratio of a numerical aperture of the detector to a numerical aperture of the zoneplate lens equals an off-axis degree of the scanner used to form a pattern through the EUV mask. 19. An apparatus for measuring an aerial image, the apparatus comprising:a movable unit adapted to move an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) mask disposed thereon;a mirror arranged on the movable unit, the mirror being adapted to reflect an EUV light;a zoneplate lens located between the movable unit and the mirror, the zoneplate lens being adapted to focus the EUV light on a first region and on a second region of a first side of the EUV mask; anda detector arranged on the movable unit, the detector being adapted to sense energy of the EUV light reflected from the first region and second region of a second side of the EUV mask. 20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein a numerical aperture of the zoneplate lens is based on parameters of a scanner used to form a pattern through the EUV mask, the parameters of the scanner including a numerical aperture and a reduction magnification. 21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein NAdetector=NAscanner/n, where NAdetector denotes a NA of the detector, NAscanner denotes a NA of the scanner, and n denotes a reduction magnification of the scanner. 22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein a ratio of a numerical aperture of the detector to a numerical aperture of the zoneplate lens equals an off-axis degree of the scanner used to form a pattern through the EUV mask. 23. An apparatus for measuring an aerial image of a pattern corresponding to a semiconductor pattern to be formed by scanning the pattern using a scanner, the apparatus comprising:a zoneplate lens arranged on a first side of an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) mask including the pattern, the zoneplate lens adapted to focus an EUV light on different regions of the EUV mask; anda detector arranged on the first side of the EUV mask and adapted to sense energy of the EUV light reflected separately from the different regions of the EUV mask, the EUV light reflected from the different regions of the EUV mask passing outside the zoneplate lens. 24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein numerical aperture of the zoneplate lens is based on parameters of a scanner used to form a pattern through the EUV mask, the parameters of the scanner including a numerical aperture and a reduction magnification. 25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 24, wherein NAdetector=NAscanner/n, where NAdetector denotes a NA of the detector, NAscanner denotes a NA of the scanner, and n denotes a reduction magnification of the scanner. 26. The apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein the zoneplate lens is adapted to focus the EUV light on a portion of the EUV mask at a same oblique angle as an oblique angle at which the scanner will be disposed with respect to a normal line of the EUV mask.