Patent Publication Number: US-9423357-B2

Title: Oblique illuminator for inspecting manufactured substrates

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     The present application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/257,441 which is a 371 application (national stage entry date Sep. 19, 2011) of International Patent Application No. PCT/US2011/045366, filed Jul. 26, 2011, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. International Patent Application No. PCT/US2011/045366 claims the benefit of provisional U.S. Patent Application No. 61/369,625, filed Jul. 30, 2010, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for providing illumination. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for providing oblique illumination for use, for example, in the inspection of manufactured substrates. 
     2. Description of the Background Art 
     Inspection processes are used at various steps during a semiconductor manufacturing process to promote higher yield. However, as the dimensions of semiconductor devices decrease, the detection of defects of decreasing size has become necessary to avoid unwanted manufacturing errors in the devices. 
     One way to improve the detection of such very small defects is to increase the sensitivity of an optical inspection system. The sensitivity of an optical inspection system may be increased, for example, by using oblique illumination, instead of normal illumination. 
     SUMMARY 
     One embodiment relates to an oblique illuminator. The oblique illuminator includes a light source emitting a light beam, a first reflective surface, and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface has a convex cylindrical shape with a projected parabolic profile along the non-powered direction of the cylinder which is configured to reflect the light beam from the light source and which defines a virtual focal line. The first reflecting surface with such a profile may be referred to as a parabolic cylindrical reflecting surface. The second reflective surface has a concave cylindrical shape with projected elliptical profile which is configured to reflect the light beam from the first reflective surface and which defines first and second focal lines. The virtual focal line of the first reflective surface is coincident with the first focal line of the second reflective surface. The first and second focal lines of the second reflective surface may be a same line in which case the projected elliptical profile is a spherical one. 
     Another embodiment relates to a method of illuminating a line segment on a surface of a target substrate. A light beam is emitted from a light source. The light beam is reflected from a first reflective surface. The first reflective surface has a convex cylindrical shape with a projected parabolic profile which defines a focal line. The light beam is further reflected from a second reflective surface. The second reflective surface has a concave cylindrical shape with a projected elliptical profile which defines first and second focal lines. The virtual focal line of the first reflective surface is coincident with the first focal line of the second reflective surface. 
     Another embodiment relates to an apparatus for inspecting a target substrate. The apparatus includes an oblique illuminator and a detector. The oblique illuminator includes a light source emitting a light beam, a first reflective surface, and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface has a convex cylindrical shape with a projected parabolic profile which is configured to reflect the light beam from the light source and which defines a focal line. The second reflective surface has a concave cylindrical shape with a projected elliptical profile which is configured to reflect the light beam from the first reflective surface and which defines first and second focal lines. The focal line of the first reflective surface is coincident with the first focal line of the second reflective surface, and the second focal line of the second reflective surface lies on a surface of the target substrate such that a line segment is illuminated on the surface of the target substrate. 
     One example of the target substrate may be a semiconductor wafer; and the manufactured substrates may refer to patterned wafers. 
     Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an optical system layout of a previous oblique illuminator for use in inspecting manufactured substrates. 
         FIG. 2  shows ray fan plots of the oblique illuminator of  FIG. 1  with a relatively large numerical aperture. 
         FIGS. 3 a , 3 b , and 3 c    illustrate the ray focusing properties of parabolic, spherical, and elliptical mirrors, respectively, in the plane of the page. 
         FIG. 4 a    is a projected view of a dual-mirror configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 4 b    is a projected view of a second dual-mirror configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 4 c    is a projected view of the first dual-mirror configuration of  FIG. 4 a    in a plane perpendicular to the viewing plane as in  FIG. 4 a    in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 4 d    is a projected view of the second dual-mirror configuration of  FIG. 4 b    in a plane perpendicular to the viewing plane as in  FIG. 4 b    in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 5  shows a projected view of a two-mirror broadband oblique illuminator for an optical inspection system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 6  shows another projected view of the illuminator of  FIG. 5  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 7  shows ray fan plots of the broadband oblique illuminator of  FIGS. 5 and 6  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 8  shows a projected view of a one-piece dual-reflector broadband oblique illuminator for an optical inspection system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 9  shows another projected view of the illuminator of  FIG. 8  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 10  shows ray fan plots of the illuminator of  FIGS. 8 and 9  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 11  shows a perspective view of an implementation of a one-piece dual-reflecting optical element in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
         FIG. 12  is an optical layout of a light beam being focused by the optical element of  FIGS. 8 to 11  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Previous oblique (non-normal) illuminators have various drawbacks. One drawback is that previous oblique illuminators typically use cylindrical mirrors with spherical or aspherical cross-sections which produce residual aberrations. A corrective element may be introduced to correct for the residual aberrations, but the correction is generally not complete, the residual aberration will limit the increase in numerical aperture. Another drawback is that previous oblique illuminators are typically sensitive to the wavelength of the illumination. In other words, they are effectively narrowband due to wavelength dispersion through refractive or dispersive materials. Another drawback is that previous oblique illuminators are typically sensitive to misalignment of their optical elements. A small misalignment may substantially impact their optical performance. 
       FIG. 1  is an optical system layout of a previous oblique illuminator for use in inspecting manufactured substrates. Such a previous oblique illuminator is described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,199,946. This previous oblique illuminator includes a light source  102 , a first mirror  104 , and a second mirror  106 . 
     The first and second mirrors ( 104  and  106 , respectively) are cylindrical mirrors to form a narrow line beam illumination on the target  108 . The axes of the cylindrical mirrors are parallel to the lines which represent the mirrors in the diagram. The cylindrical mirror pair produces residual aberrations. In order to correct for these aberrations, an aspherical cylindrical element (also called an acylinder element or an acylindrical element)  110  is introduced between the source  102  and the first mirror  104 . 
     In one implementation of the oblique illuminator in  FIG. 1 , the projected numerical aperture in a plane normal to the illuminating line on the target  108  is 0.7, which is somewhat small. It is desirable to have a higher numerical aperture, such as 0.85, or 0.95, or even higher, to reduce the linewidth of the line illumination. However, if the design depicted in  FIG. 1  is used, then increasing the numerical aperture results in a dramatic increase in the residual aberrations caused by the cylindrical mirrors. In other words, the aspherical term for the acylinder increases dramatically. Even so, the residual aberrations still cannot be completely corrected. 
       FIG. 2  shows ray fan plots of the oblique illuminator of  FIG. 1  with a relatively large numerical aperture of 0.85. The ray fan plots show ray aberrations as a function of pupil coordinate. As seen by the X-FAN plots on the right side of  FIG. 2 , substantial ray aberrations are present in the x-dimension. For a numerical aperture of 0.85, the aspheric sag is relatively larger (larger than 2 microns), and extra aspherical terms are needed to reduce the residual aberrations. 
       FIGS. 3 a , 3 b , and 3 c    illustrate the ray focusing properties of parabolic, spherical, and elliptical mirrors, respectively, in the plane of the page. These diagrams are described to provide a foundation to understand the embodiments of the invention disclosed herein. 
     Per  FIG. 3 a   , a parallel beam of incident light  304  is reflected from the convex surface of the parabolic mirror  302 . The rays of the reflected light diverge as if originating from a virtual point source  306  behind the mirror  302 . The virtual point source  306  is at the focal point of the parabolic shape of the mirror surface  302 . As such a convex parabolic mirror may form a perfect virtual image at its focal point which is a distance z=R/2 from the vertex of the parabola, where R is the radius of curvature of the parabola. 
     If  302  is a cylindrical mirror with a parabolic cross-section, a virtual line image  306  will be formed. As such, a concave parabolic cylindrical mirror may be used to form a perfect virtual line image for a collimated input light. 
     Per  FIG. 3 b   , incident light from a point source  314  is reflected from a concave surface of a spherical mirror  312 . In the illustrated case, the point source  314  is at the center of the spherical shape of the mirror surface  312 . In this case, the reflected rays converge back onto the point source  314 . As such, a concave spherical mirror may be used to form a perfect image of an object located at its center. 
     Similarly, a perfect line image can be formed by placing a line object  314  at the center line of a cylindrical mirror  312 . As such, a cylindrical mirror may be used to form a perfect line image of a line object at its center. 
     Per  FIG. 3 c   , incident light from a point source is reflected from a concave surface of an elliptical mirror  322 . The point source may be at a first focal point of the elliptical shape of the mirror surface  322 . The reflected light converges onto a second focal point of the elliptical shape. The point source may be at the farther focal point  324 , and the reflected rays may converge at the nearer focal point  326 , or vice versa. As such, a concave elliptical mirror may be used to form an image at one focal point of the ellipse when an object is placed at the other focal point. 
     Similarly, a perfect line image can be formed at one focal line  326  of a a cylindrical mirror  322  with an elliptical profile by placing a line object  324  at the other focal line. As such, a cylindrical mirror with an elliptical profile may be used to form a perfect line image by placing a line object at one of its focal line. 
       FIG. 4 a    is a projected view of a first dual-mirror configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. A projected view in another orientation of this first dual-mirror configuration is shown in  FIG. 4 c   . This dual-mirror configuration includes a first mirror  404  which is a convex parabolic cylindrical mirror and a second mirror  406  which is a concave spherical cylindrical mirror. 
     The first mirror  404  has a reflective convex surface shaped as a cylinder where the projected profile of the cylinder is parabolic. In  FIG. 4 a   , the first mirror  404  is parabolic in the plane of the page, and the axis of the cylinder is normal to the plane of the page. The parabolic cylinder has a virtual focal line  408  which is normal to the plane of the page. 
     The second mirror  406  has a reflective concave surface shaped as a cylinder where the projected profile of the cylinder is spherical. In  FIG. 4 a   , the second mirror  406  is spherical in the plane of the page, and the axis  409  of the cylinder is normal to the plane of the page. In particular, the axis  409  of the spherical cylinder  406  is coincident with the virtual focal line  408  of the parabolic cylinder  404 . 
     A beam of light from a light source  402  reflects from the reflective convex surface of the first mirror  404  to the second mirror  406 . The light source  402  may be, for example, an ultraviolet wavelength laser. The light is reflected from the reflective concave surface of the second mirror  406  converges to its axis  409  (which is also the virtual focal line  408  of the first mirror  404 ). The axis  409  lies on the surface of the target substrate  410  such that an illuminated line segment is formed on the target surface. 
       FIG. 4 b    is a projected view of a second dual-mirror configuration in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. A projected view in another orientation of this second dual-mirror configuration is shown in  FIG. 4 d   . This dual-mirror configuration includes a first mirror  414  which is a convex parabolic cylindrical mirror and a second mirror  416  which is a concave elliptical cylindrical mirror. 
     The first mirror  414  has a reflective convex surface shaped as a cylinder where the projected profile of the cylinder is parabolic. In  FIG. 4 b   , the first mirror  414  is parabolic in the plane of the page, and the axis of the cylinder is normal to the plane of the page. The parabolic cylinder has a virtual focal line  418  which is normal to the plane of the page. 
     The second mirror  416  has a reflective concave surface shaped as a cylinder where the projected profile of the cylinder is elliptical. In  FIG. 4 b   , the second mirror  416  is elliptical in the plane of the page. A first (in this case, nearer) focal line  419  of the elliptical cylinder is normal to the plane of the page. In particular, the first focal line  419  of the elliptical cylinder  406  is coincident with the virtual focal line  418  of the parabolic cylinder  414 . A second (in this case, farther) focal line  420  of the elliptical cylinder is also normal to the plane of the page. 
     A beam of light from a source  412  reflects from the reflective convex surface of the first mirror  414  to the second mirror  416 . The light is reflected from the reflective concave surface of the second mirror  416  converges to the second focal line  420 . The second focal line  420  lies on the surface of the target substrate  422  such that an illuminated line segment is formed on the target surface. 
     Note that while  FIG. 4 b    depicts the embodiment where the nearer focal line of the elliptical cylinder is coincident with the focal line of the parabolic cylinder, and where the farther focal line of the elliptical cylinder is coincident with the surface of the target substrate. In another embodiment, the nearer and farther focal lines may be reversed. In other words, in this other embodiment, the farther focal line of the elliptical cylinder is coincident with the focal line of the parabolic cylinder, and the nearer focal line of the elliptical cylinder is coincident with the surface of the target substrate. 
     Applicants have determined that the radius of curvature of the convex reflecting and concave reflecting surfaces are independent of the index of refraction of the medium in between the two reflective surfaces. Hence, in the embodiments described above in relation to  FIGS. 4 a  through 4 d   , the medium between the two mirrors may be air, or any other light-transmitting medium, such as, for example, fused silica, or calcium fluoride. 
     In one implementation, where the design may be constructed using two separate reflective mirror elements, and the medium may be air. In this implementation, each mirror element may include a supporting substrate with a reflective layer on its surface. Such an implementation is described below in relation to  FIGS. 5 through 7 . In another implementation, the design may be constructed using a single light-transmitting solid piece with two reflecting surfaces. Such an implementation is described below in relation to  FIGS. 8 through 11 . 
       FIG. 5  shows an optical layout of a two-mirror broadband oblique illuminator for an optical inspection system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. A projected view of the illuminator is depicted in  FIG. 6 . In addition, a lens listing for this illuminator is provided in Appendix A. The illuminator depicted in  FIGS. 5 and 6  includes a light source  502 , a first mirror  504 , and a second mirror  506  which is a separate optical element from the first mirror  504 . The medium between the two mirrors may be air, for example, or any other light-transmitting medium, such as, for example, fused silica. 
     The first (bottom) mirror  504  is a convex parabolic cylindrical mirror (i.e. a convex cylindrical mirror having a projected parabolic profile) with a virtual focus line which lies above (or on) the image plane (i.e. the plane of the target surface). The second (top) mirror  506  is a concave elliptical cylindrical mirror (i.e. a concave cylindrical mirror having a projected elliptical profile) with a first focus line which is coincident with the virtual focus line of the first mirror  504  and a second focus line which lies on the surface of the target substrate  508 . 
       FIG. 7  shows ray fan plots of the two-mirror broadband oblique illuminator of  FIGS. 5 and 6  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. As seen in  FIG. 7 , there is an absence of geometrical aberrations using this illuminator design. 
     As described previously, the second mirror  506  can be a concave spherical cylindrical mirror, in which case, the virtual focus line formed by the first mirror  504  lies on the image plane which is the target substrate surface  508 , the two focal lines of the second mirror  506  will overlap and lie on the top surface of the target substrate  508 . 
     In addition to the illuminator, the optical inspection system includes a detector  510  and a processing system  512 . The detector  510  may be configured to detect light scattered, diffracted, and/or reflected from the illuminated line segment on the surface of the target substrate and to generate light-detection signals based on the detected light. The processing system  512  may be configured with electronic circuitry to process the light-detection signals from the detector to generate image data and a computer (including one or more processors, memory, and computer-readable program code) to process the image data to detect defects on the surface of the target substrate. 
       FIG. 8  shows a line-spread view of a one-piece dual-reflecting broadband oblique illuminator for an optical inspection system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the material between the two reflecting surface may not be air and may have a refractive index of greater than 1.0, A projected view of this illuminator is depicted in  FIG. 9 . In addition, a lens listing for this illuminator is provided in Appendix B. The illuminator depicted in  FIGS. 8 and 9  includes a light source  802  and a single-piece (one-piece) dual reflector which includes an entry surface  803 , a first reflecting surface  804 , a second reflecting surface  806 , and an exit surface  807 . The one-piece dual reflector may be made out of a rigid light-transmitting material, such as glass, which is preferably insensitive to thermal variations. This design is substantially achromatic and is insensitive to the glass selection. 
     A light beam emitted from the source  802  enters the one-piece dual reflector at the entry surface  803  and travels to the first (bottom) surface  804 . The first surface  804  is a convex parabolic cylindrical surface (i.e. a convex cylindrical surface with a projected parabolic profile) with a virtual focus line which lies just slightly above or directly on the image plane (i.e. the plane of the target surface). The light beam is refracted by the entry surface  803 , then reflected from the first surface  804  and travels to the second (top) surface  806 , finally the light beam refracted again by the exit surface  807  and form a line image on top of the target substrate surface  808 . The reflection from the first surface  804  may be by total internal reflection. 
     The second surface  806  can be a concave spherical surface mirror (i.e. a concave cylindrical surface with spherical curvature) with a focus line which is coincident with the virtual focus line of the first surface  804  and which also lies on the surface of the target substrate  808 . Note that a cylindrical surface with a spherical curvature is a special case of a cylindrical surface with elliptical curvature, where the two focal lines of the elliptically-curved cylinder are coincident (i.e. the same). The light beam is reflected from the second surface  806  and travels to the target substrate surface  808 . The reflection from the second surface  806  may be by total internal reflection. 
     The light beam exits the one-piece dual reflector at the exit surface  807  and illuminates a line segment on the surface of the target substrate  808 . Note that the entrance surface  803  and exit surface  807  are preferably parallel to each other and are preferably normal to the formed line image on the target surface. The oblique (non-normal) angle of illumination may vary depending on the implementation. In one specific implementation, the illumination may be at an incident angle of 64 degrees, where the incident angle of normal illumination is defined as zero degrees. 
     Similar to the previous embodiment as in  FIGS. 5 to 7 , the second surface  806  can also be an elliptical cylindrical surface, in which case, the virtual focal line of the first surface  804  will coincide with one focal line of the second surface  806 , while the other focal line of the second surface  806  will lie on the top surface of the target substrate  808 . 
     Note that for the one-piece dual reflector there is no need for a mirror substrate to support the bottom reflecting surface. This is because the bottom reflecting surface is a bottom surface of the single piece in this embodiment. As such, the single-piece optics may be placed very close to the image plane (i.e. the plane of the target surface). Using this design, a high numerical aperture of 0.9, or 0.95, or even closer to 1.0 may be achievable. 
     In contrast, an embodiment which requires the bottom mirror to be supported by a mirror substrate may not be positioned so close to the image plane. Since the incoming light beam has a limited beam width, this would limit the numerical aperture such that high numerical apertures may be difficult to achieve. 
     The radius of curvature (R 1 ) of the parabolic cylindrical reflecting surface  804  satisfies Equation 1. 
                     R   1     =     -       ϕ   2       tan   ⁡     (         sin     -   1       ⁢   NA     2     )                   (     Equation   ⁢           ⁢   1     )               
where φ represents the diameter of the incoming beam, and NA is the target numerical aperture of the laser line beam.
 
     The radius of curvature (R 2 ) of the spherical cylindrical reflecting surface  806  satisfies the Equation 2. 
                     R   2     =         R   1     2     +   d             (     Equation   ⁢           ⁢   2     )               
where d represents the vertical distance between the two reflecting surfaces.
 
     Applicants have determined that the values of R 1  and R 2  are independent of the index of refraction of the medium between the two reflective surfaces. As such, the tolerance on the index of refraction is insensitive. (In the extreme case, it can be air. However, in the case where the medium between the two reflecting surfaces is air, extra substrates are needed to support the two reflecting surfaces.) 
     In addition to the illuminator, the optical inspection system includes a detector  810  and a processing system  812 . The detector  810  may be configured to detect light scattered, diffracted, and/or reflected from the illuminated line segment on the surface of the target substrate and to generate light-detection signals based on the detected light. The processing system  812  may be configured with electronic circuitry to process the light-detection signals from the detector to generate image data and a computer (including one or more processors, memory, and computer-readable program code) to process the image data to detect defects on the surface of the target substrate. 
       FIG. 10  shows ray fan plots of the illuminator of  FIGS. 8 and 9  in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. As seen in  FIG. 10 , a perfect line without geometrical aberration may be formed on the surface of the target substrate. 
       FIG. 11  shows a perspective view of an implementation of a one-piece dual-reflecting optical element in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. As seen in  FIG. 11 , the one-piece dual-reflecting optical element includes an entry surface  803 , a first (bottom) surface  804 , a second surface  806 , and an exit surface  807 . 
     Advantageously, this illuminator design is achromatic. As such, the width of the spectral band will not affect the linewidth of the final beam profile. Applicants have further determined that the line will indeed spread due to the index of refraction variation at different wavelengths, where the color spread (Δd) along the non-powered direction of the optics on the target substrate plane  808  satisfies Equation 3, as shown in  FIG. 12 . 
                     Δ   ⁢           ⁢   d     =       t   (       tan   (       sin     -   1       ⁢       sin   ⁡     (       π   2     -   θ     )         n   2         )     -     tan   (       sin     -   1       ⁢       sin   ⁡     (       π   2     -   θ     )         n   1         )       )     ⁢   tan   ⁢           ⁢   θ             (     Equation   ⁢           ⁢   3     )               
where t represents the distance between the entrance port (surface)  803  and the exit port (surface)  807 , and n 1  and n 2  are the indices of refraction at the outer extreme wavelengths, and θ is the illumination incident angle for the light beam  1202  entering the entrance port  803 .
 
     One advantage of using the single-piece reflecting design is that, since the bottom reflecting surface does not need to have a substrate, the whole line forming optical piece may be placed very close to the imaging plane, which is the top surface of the target substrate. 
     If the illumination incident angle θ (as in  FIG. 12 ) is high enough to satisfy Equation 4, then total internal reflection will occur on the two reflection surfaces  804  and  806 , no reflecting coating is required on this two surfaces. 
                     n   ⁢           ⁢     cos   ⁡     (       sin     -   1       ⁡     (       cos   ⁢           ⁢   θ     n     )       )         &gt;   1           (     Equation   ⁢           ⁢   4     )               
where n is the refractive index for the longest wavelength within the illuminating spectrum.
 
     However, in a lot of cases, the first and second reflecting surfaces ( 804  and  806 , respectively) are still coated with reflective coatings. One advantage is that coating both cylindrical surfaces of the one-piece optical element minimizes phase retardation issues related with the implementation of total internal reflection (TIR) reflections. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 APPENDIX A 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lens Listing for Dual Mirror Design. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
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                 APPENDIX B 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lens Listing for Single Piece Design. 
               
               
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                 INFINITY 
                 130.540062  
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 STO: INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                 4: 
                 INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: 34.960149 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: 108.319408 
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 64.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                 5: 
                 INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: 0.000000 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                 6: 
                 INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: −99.807942 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 GLB G5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                 7: 
                 INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                 SILICA_SPECIAL 
               
               
                   
                 XDE: 0.000000 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 DAR 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: −90.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                 8: 
                 9.94547 
                 0.000000 
                 TIRO 
                 SILICA_SPECIAL 
               
               
                   
                 GL2: 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 YTO: 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 RDX: INFINITY 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 K: −1.000000 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 A: 0.000000E+00 
                 B: 0.000000E+00 
                   
                 C: 0.000000E+00 
               
               
                   
                 D: 0.000000E+00 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: −84.341764 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: −4.972736 
               
               
                   
                 GLB G5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 CEM: 
                 CIN: 
                   
                 CTH: 0.0000 
               
               
                 9: 
                 17.90000 
                 0.000000 
                 TIRO 
                 SILICA_SPECIAL 
               
               
                   
                 GL2: 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 YTO: 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 RDX: INFINITY 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 K: 0.000000 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 A: 0.000000E+00 
                 B: 0.000000E+00 
                   
                 C: 0.000000E+00 
               
               
                   
                 D: 0.000000E+00 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: −42.776198 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: −17.900000 
               
               
                   
                 GLB G5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 CEM: 
                 CIN: 
                   
                 CTH: 0.0000 
               
               
                 10: 
                 INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: 16.768249 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 DAR 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 90.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                 11: 
                 INFINITY 
                 17.900000  
                   
                   
               
               
                 12: 
                 INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 IMG: INFINITY 
                 0.000000 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 XDE: 42.776198 
                 YDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 ZDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
                 DAR 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 ADE: 0.000000 
                 BDE: 0.000000 
                   
                 CDE: 0.000000 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 SPECIFICATION DATA 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 EPD 
                 14.40000 
               
               
                   
                 DIM 
                 MM 
               
               
                   
                 WL 
                 354.80 
               
               
                   
                 REF 
                 1 
               
               
                   
                 WTW 
                 1 
               
               
                   
                 INI 
                 SZ 
               
               
                   
                 XAN 
                 0.00000 
               
               
                   
                 YAN 
                 0.00000 
               
               
                   
                 WTF 
                 1.00000 
               
               
                   
                 VUX 
                 0.50000 
               
               
                   
                 VLX 
                 0.50000 
               
               
                   
                 VUY 
                 0.00000 
               
               
                   
                 VLY 
                 0.00000 
               
               
                   
                 POL 
                 Y 
               
               
                   
                 PFR 
                 1.0000 
               
               
                   
                 PTP 
                 0.0000 
               
               
                   
                 POR 
                 90.0000 
               
               
                   
                 PRO 
                 LIN 
               
               
                   
                 PCS 
                 COL 
               
               
                   
                 PST 
                 IDL 
               
               
                   
                 RVT 
                 N 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 REFRACTIVE INDICES 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 GLASS CODE 
                 354.80 
               
               
                   
                 SILICA_SPECIAL 
                 1.476108 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 INFINITE CONJUGATES 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 EFL 
                 3.3688 
               
               
                   
                 BFL 
                 −5.7735 
               
               
                   
                 FFL 
                 236.9877 
               
               
                   
                 FNO 
                 0.2339 
               
               
                   
                 IMG DIS 
                 0.0000 
               
               
                   
                 OAL 
                 238.8595 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 PARAXIAL IMAGE 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 HT 
                 0.0000 
               
               
                   
                 ANG 
                 0.0000 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 ENTRANCE PUPIL 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 DIA 
                 14.4000 
               
               
                   
                 THI 
                 130.5401 
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 EXIT PUPIL 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 DIA 
                 0.4557 
               
               
                   
                 THI 
                 −5.6669