Patent Publication Number: US-9891584-B2

Title: Coherent diffractive imaging with arbitrary angle of incidence

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to microscopy and other forms of imaging using coherent light. In particular, the present invention relates to coherent diffractive imaging (CDI) with an arbitrary angle of incidence. 
     Discussion of Related Art 
     Coherent diffractive imaging (CDI), for example ptychography, is an emerging technique that enables wavelength- and diffraction-limited imaging.  FIG. 1A  (Prior Art) shows a conventional 2-dimensional transmission CDI system, where incident radiation  10  illuminates object  11  with a normal incidence, and transmitted scattering field  12  is measured on detector  13 . 
       FIG. 1B  (Prior Art) shows a conventional 2-dimensional reflection CDI, where the incident radiation before reflection  14  reflects off of mirror  15  as incident radiation  10  and illuminates object  11  with near-normal incidence (the angle of incidence  17  θ i  is close to 0 degrees). 
       FIG. 1C  shows CDI in a reflection geometry with grazing incidence (the angle of incidence  17  θ i  is close to 90 degrees). With non-normal incidence, there is apparent distortion in the measured diffraction pattern, and a method that corrects the distortion was introduced in prior art (see, for example, Gardner, D. F. et al., Opt. Express 20, 19050-9, 2012). In this method, the spatial frequency is calculated for each position on the detector, and then the scatter pattern is remapped from the calculated non-uniform frequency grid to a uniform frequency grid. This method is time consuming because it requires remapping from a non-uniform grid to a uniform grid, which typically involves triangulation. 
     The fact that conventional CDI is limited to the above configurations brings several disadvantages: 1) it limits the freedom of the imaging geometry; 2) for reflection CDI, it results in a narrow range of scattering available for detection, leading to low resolution in the reconstructed image; 3) the reflectivity of objects might be low at near-zero degrees incidence. A need remains in the art for methods and apparatus to enable CDI with arbitrary angle of incidence and efficient computation. 
     SUMMARY 
     An object of the present invention is to provide apparatus and methods for efficient CDI with arbitrary angle of incidence. 
     The invention includes the development of practical techniques for microscopy and other forms of imaging using coherent light. In particular, the use of coherent diffractive imaging techniques in conjunction with short-wavelength deep-UV, vacuum ultraviolet (VUV), extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and soft x-ray (SXR) sources allows for new methodologies for diffraction-limited imaging, with the numerical aperture depending only on the solid-angle of collected light. In the VUV-EUV-SXR regions of the spectrum, obviating the need for an imaging optic dramatically improves the prospects for imaging with high-NA; i.e. near wavelength-limited resolution. 
     Embodiments of the present invention provide a fast numerical method for processing the measured scattering pattern, so it is amenable for use with Fast Fourier transform (FFT) in the reconstruction of the image. 
     Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus to image objects at arbitrary angles of incidence both in reflection and transmission. 
     Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus to image objects with multi-wavelength illumination at an arbitrary angle of choice. 
     Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus to image a dynamic process with high NA. 
     A method of fast remapping of a detected diffraction intensity from a detector pixel array (initial grid) to a uniform spatial frequency grid (final grid) allows for FFT on the final grid. This is accomplished by remapping the initial grid to an intermediate grid chosen to result in a final grid that is linear in spatial frequency. The initial grid is remapped (generally by interpolation) to the intermediate grid that is calculated to correspond to the final grid. In general, the initial grid (x,y) is uniform in space, the intermediate grid ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)}) is non-uniform in spatial frequency, and the final grid ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y ) is uniform in spatial frequency. 
     The present invention may be used in image reconstruction for any high NA diffractive imaging configuration, including a) the normal incidence configuration and b) the non-normal incidence configurations for which the remapping includes what is termed “tilted plane correction” in prior art (Gardner, D. F. et al., Opt. Express 20, 19050-9, 2012). 
     An imaging instrument capable of imaging samples at arbitrary angle of incidence consists of a) a radiation source; b) focusing optic(s) to condense the light onto the sample; and c) scanning ptychography. This instrument could have a light source from high-order harmonic upconversion of a driving laser. It could operate in a transmission mode configuration or a reflection mode configuration. 
     The instrument could use a vacuum iris far upstream of the focusing element, instead of positioning it close to the sample, to create well-confined illumination without decreasing the working distance of the microscope. 
     The focusing optic might be an off-axis or grazing incidence focusing optic (typically an ellipsoidal mirror or a toroidal mirror). The focusing optics may employ a concave EUV multilayer mirror. 
     The high-order harmonic conversion can be of any polarization state, including linear, circular and elliptical polarization, for magnetic imaging. Imaging can be done performing hyperspectral ptychography imaging of samples at arbitrary incidence angle using a comb of high-order harmonics, or other multi-wavelength illumination. 
     A comb of harmonics may be used for hyperspectral imaging 
     The illumination spectrum may be tailored for coherent imaging using a combination of high-harmonic generation, spectral filters such as thin-film EUV filters, a zero-dispersion stretcher with spectrum modulation in the spectrum plane, and multilayer or grazing incidence reflection to obtain an optimum spectrum for illumination, which may include one or more wavelengths or a well-defined continuous bandwidth. 
     A method of using ptychography obtains information on the illumination wavefront at the sample, then subsequently uses keyhole imaging that makes use of the obtained wavefront. 
     Stroboscopic imaging uses scanning reflection mode ptychography. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIGS. 1A-1C  (Prior Art) are schematic diagrams illustrating conventional configurations of CDI.  FIG. 1A  (Prior Art) shows CDI in a transmission geometry.  FIG. 1B  (Prior Art) shows CDI in a reflection geometry with near-normal incidence.  FIG. 1C  (Prior Art) shows CDI in a reflection geometry with grazing incidence. 
         FIG. 2A  is a schematic block diagram illustrating an imaging device according to the present invention for CDI at arbitrary angle of incidence captured with a pixel array detector, generally comprising a spatially uniform grid. 
         FIG. 2B  is a schematic block diagram illustrating the process of fast remapping from the detector pixel array to a final (generally uniform spatial frequency) grid. 
         FIG. 3  is a flow chart contrasting a remapping algorithm according to the present invention with the prior art remapping algorithm. 
         FIG. 4  is a flow diagram illustrating the remapping algorithm according to the present invention in more detail. 
         FIGS. 5A-5C  are schematic representations of a HHG ptychography microscope in various configurations, used to implement embodiments of the present invention.  FIG. 5A  uses an ellipsoidal mirror as focusing optics.  FIG. 5B  uses an EUV mirror as focusing optics.  FIG. 5C  is a transmissive configuration. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates amplitude and phase images from a reflection-mode HHG ptychography microscope according the present invention, contrasted with an image from a conventional scanning electron microscope. 
         FIG. 7  illustrates height profile calculated from reconstructed phase of  FIG. 6 . 
         FIG. 8  illustrates hyperspectral imaging using a comb of high-order harmonics. 
         FIGS. 9A-9C  illustrate keyhole CDI using the probe reconstructed from ptychography. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The following table of elements and reference numbers is provided for convenience. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
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                 Step of remapping according to the present invention 
               
               
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                 Slow conventional remapping 
               
               
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                 Fourier transform magnitude on the detector grid 27 
               
               
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                 Final grid (generally uniform spatial frequency) 
               
               
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                 Prior art non-uniform spatial frequency grid 
               
               
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                 Driving laser beam 
               
               
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                 Residual driving beam 
               
               
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                 Focusing mirror 
               
               
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       FIG. 2A  is a schematic block diagram illustrating an imaging device according to the present invention for CDI at arbitrary angle of incidence  17  captured with a detector pixel array  25 , generally comprising a spatially uniform grid  27 .  FIG. 2B  is a schematic block diagram illustrating the process of fast remapping  34  from the detector pixel array grid  27  to a final (generally uniform spatial frequency) grid  202 . 
       FIG. 2A  illustrates coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) with arbitrary angle of incidence θ i    17 . Object  22  is illuminated by transmitted incident beam  20  or reflected incident beam  21 . Diffracted intensity  24  is measured by detector  25 . Detector  25  is generally a uniform array of pixels, so initial grid  27  is uniform in space. Diffraction field magnitude  212  is based on diffraction intensity  26 . 
       FIG. 2B  illustrates a method of performing a remapping  34  of the diffraction field magnitude  212 , from an initial uniform detector grid  27 , to an intermediate (non-uniform spatial) grid  29 . The intermediate grid  29  is calculated from the final (uniform spatial frequency) grid  202  in step  206 . The remapped pattern  28  is then amenable to be used with Fast Fourier transform in CDI reconstructions. 
       FIG. 3  compares the conventional slow remapping approach with the fast remapping approach of the current invention. The goal is to obtain the Fourier transform magnitude from the uniform detector grid (x,y)  27  to a chosen uniform spatial frequency grid (f x ,f y )  202 . 
     In the prior art, first the spatial frequency grid (f x ,f y )  302  that corresponds to the detector grid is calculated. (f x ,f y )  302  turns out to be non-uniform due to the nonlinear relationship with (x,y)  27 . Then the Fourier transform magnitude is remapped from non-uniform grid (f x ,f y )  302  to uniform grid ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y )  202 , which is a time consuming process, because remapping from a non-uniform to a uniform grid typically involves triangulation. 
     In the implementation of the present invention, we first calculate the intermediate non-uniform spatial grid ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)})  29  that corresponds to eventual desired grid ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y )  202 , in step  206 . Then the Fourier transform magnitude  44  is remapped from initial uniform grid (x,y)  27  to intermediate non-uniform grid ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)})  29  in step  34 . Remapping from a uniform grid to a non-uniform one, instead of the other way around, is fast. The key is to choose an appropriate coordinate transform that enables the eventual usage of Fast Fourier transform, similar to what has been done in holographic microscopes (for example, see Kreuzer, U.S. Pat. No. 6,411,406 B1). 
       FIG. 4  shows an example of a detailed procedure to perform the fast remapping. Inputs to the process are initial spatial grid  27 , calculated diffraction field magnitude  212 , final spatial frequency grid  202 , measured distance z ds    211 , and illumination incidence angle θ i    17 . The diffraction field magnitude  212  can be calculated from the directly measured diffraction intensity  26 : First, certain preprocessing is performed, such as subtracting non-zero background that is not from the diffraction field, and dividing the cosine of the angle between incident photon direction and the detector normal direction; Secondly, square root is taken to convert from processed intensity (field magnitude squared), to field magnitude  212 . 
     Without losing generality, any coordinate system may be chosen but for this example we select one for which the xy-plane is on the sample plane and for which the xz-plane is parallel to the incident wave vector {right arrow over (k)} 0 , such as coordinate system  210  in  FIG. 2A . Then any point on the sample plane is denoted as {right arrow over (r)}′=(x′, y′, z′=0), and {right arrow over (k)} 0  can be written as {right arrow over (k)} 0 =(k 0x , k 0y , k 0z )=(sin θ i , 0, cos θ i ). We assume that z=z(x,y) is the z coordinate for any point on the detector grid (x,y)  27 . In some notations, z is not explicitly written out since it can be determined from x and y, for example, E Det (x,y) means the same as E Det (x, y, z). Then at point on the detector {right arrow over (r)}=(x, y, z(x,y)), the diffracted field on the detector can be related to the exit surface wave at the sample E Smp (x′, y′) with the first Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integral, which is: 
                       E   Det     ⁡     (     x   ,   y   ,   z     )       =     ∫       ∫   Σ     ⁢     d   ⁢           ⁢     x   ′     ⁢   d   ⁢           ⁢       y   ′     ⁡     [         E   Smp     ⁡     (       x   ′     ,     y   ′       )       ⁢     e     i   ⁡     (         k     0   ⁢   x       ⁢     x   ′       +       k     0   ⁢   y       ⁢     y   ′         )           ]       ⁢     1     i   ⁢           ⁢   λ       ⁢       e   ikR     R     ⁢     z   R     ⁢     (     1   -     1   ikR       )                   (   1   )               
where Σ is the sample plane, is the wavelength of the incident radiation, k=2π/λ is the angular wave number, R=√{square root over ((x−x′) 2 +(y−y′) 2 +z 2 )} is the distance from a sample point (x′, y′, 0) to (x, y, z). Notice that we explicitly write out the linear phase in the field for the non-normal incidence case. Assuming |{right arrow over (r)}|&gt;&gt;max [|{right arrow over (r)}′|, λ] and the far field condition |{right arrow over (r)}|&gt;&gt;D 2 /λ, (D is the physical size of the sample) then equation (1) can be approximated with a 2D Fourier transform:
 
                       E   Det     ⁡     (     x   ,   y   ,   z     )       =           e   ikr       i   ⁢           ⁢   λ       ⁢     z     r   2       ⁢     F   ⁡     [     E   Smp     ]         ⁢     ❘       f   x     ,     f   y                   (   2   )               
where:
 
                     f   x     =       1   λ     ⁢     (       x         x   2     +     y   2     +     z   2           -       k   ^       0   ⁢   x         )               (   3   )                 f   y     =       1   λ     ⁢     (       y         x   2     +     y   2     +     z   2           -       k   ^       0   ⁢   y         )               (   4   )               
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                 k   ^     0     =       λ     2   ⁢   π       ⁢       k   →     0             
is the normalized incident wave vector.
 
     Assume z ds  is the distance from the sample to the detector plane  211 , {right arrow over (n)} det  is the normal vector of the detector plane, then any point {right arrow over (r)}′=(x, y, z) on the detector satisfy:
 
 {right arrow over (n)}   det   ·{right arrow over (r)}=z   ds   (5)
 
     With equation (2), from the measured diffraction field magnitude on detector |E Det (x, y, z)|  212 , the magnitude of the Fourier transform of the sample-plane E field |F[E Smp ]| f     x     f     y   |  44  can be calculated (step  48 ) using 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     To allow for the use of fast Fourier transform (FFT) in CDI reconstructions, we need to use the E-field Fourier transform magnitude on a uniform grid of frequencies ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y ), instead of on a uniform grid of detector pixel coordinates which correspond to a non-uniform grid of frequencies (f x ,f y ). The most straightforward way to obtain |E({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y )| from |E(x, y, z)| is as following: first, calculate (f x ,f y ) for all pixel coordinates (x, y, z) using equation (3) and (4), resulting in a non-uniform grid; secondly, interpolate E magnitude from non-uniform (f x ,f y ) grid onto the uniform grid ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y ). This way is intuitive, but interpolation from a non-uniform to uniform grid is time-consuming as it typically involves triangulation methods. Instead, we use a different and much faster approach. Assume ({circumflex over (f)} x , {circumflex over (f)} x )=λ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y ) is the chosen uniform frequency grid  202  normalized by 1/λ. First we calculate the coordinates ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)})  29  corresponding to the uniform grid ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y ) of choice  202  from equations (3), (4) and (5) using the measured distance z ds    211  and angle θ i    17 : 
                     x   ~     =       z   ds     ⁢     1       cos   ⁢           ⁢       θ   i     ·       f   ^     z         +     sin   ⁢           ⁢       θ   i     ·       f   ^     x             ⁢       f   ^     x               (   7   )                   y   ~     =       z   ds     ⁢     1       cos   ⁢           ⁢       θ   i     ·       f   ^     z         +     sin   ⁢           ⁢       θ   i     ·       f   ^     x             ⁢       f   ^     y         ⁢     
     ⁢   where           (   8   )                   f   ^     z     =       (         1   -       (       λ   ⁢       f   ^     x       +     sin   ⁢           ⁢     θ   i         )     2     -       (     λ   ⁢       f   ^     y       )     2         -     cos   ⁢           ⁢     θ   i         )     .             (   9   )               
Then, in step  34 , we interpolate |F[E Smp ]| f     x     ,f     y   |  44  from (x,y)  27  onto ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)})  29  to obtain Fourier transform magnitude |F[E Smp ]| {tilde over (f)}     x     ,{tilde over (f)}     y   |  28 . Interpolation methods, such as bilinear interpolation and bicubic interpolation or many others, are available to interpolate from a 2D uniform to a 2D non-uniform grid, and are much faster than the previous interpolation method.
 
     In summary, the steps of performing fast reforming  34  are as following:
         1. The inputs are: detector grid (x,y)  27 , z value for each (x,y) grid point z(x,y), calculated diffraction field magnitude on detector E Det (x, y, z)  212 , a given spatial frequency grid ({tilde over (f)} x ,{tilde over (f)} y )  202 , and two experiment parameters θ i    17  and z ds    211 .   2. Calculate the Fourier transform magnitude on the detector grid (x,y)  27 : |F[E Smp ](x,y)| (or |F[E Smp ]| f     x     ,f     y   | as written before)  44  using equation (6). This is step  48 .   3. Calculate the desired grid ({tilde over (x)},{tilde over (y)})  29  with equation (7). This is step  206 .   4. Then interpolate Fourier transform magnitude from detector grid  27  to the desired grid  29 . This is step  34 .       

     As seen from equations (7) and (8), the fast remapping is wavelength-independent making it suitable for hyperspectral imaging in which the incident radiation contains multiple wavelengths. 
     Although the distortion in the diffraction looks more obvious with non-normal incidence, for any diffraction measured with wide collecting angle, or high numerical aperture (NA), even for normal-incidence, it may be advisable to perform the remapping. The remapping results in a better result for any high-NA configuration simply because the spatial-frequency coordinates have a non-linear relationship with the detector pixel coordinates. An alternative to the remapping would be to use a Non-uniform FFT. 
       FIG. 5A  shows one embodiment of a ptychography microscope that can image objects at any angle of incidence, with high harmonic generation (HHG) as the incident radiation source. A driving laser beam  501 , such as a Ti:sapphire laser beam, interacts with atoms in the medium  502 , and the resulted HHG beam together with the residual driving beam  503  propagated through a vacuum iris with ˜1 mm size and far (1 m) upstream from the focusing optics  507  or  508  (see  FIG. 5B ). The vacuum iris  504  passes the majority of the beam while imprinting a hard edge on the beam shape. Various optional optical elements  505  including spectral filters, rejector mirrors, or multilayer mirrors, may serve to steer the beam, filter out the driving laser, or modify the spectrum of the HHG beam. The HHG beam then is focused to illuminate a small area of the sample  510 . 
       FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 5B  show 2 possible ways of focusing as examples. In  FIG. 5A , off-axis optics  507 , including an ellipsoidal mirror, or a toroidal mirror, is used to focus the illumination  506 ; while in  FIG. 5B , a mirror at near-normal incidence  508  serves this purpose. It is also possible to use transmissive optics, such as a lens or a Fresnel zone plate to focus the light. The use of off-axis optics  507  typically allows for larger scanning area than near-normal incidence mirrors  508 . Elements  505  and focusing optics  507 ,  508  may include at least one multilayer mirror to select only one harmonic that is more monochromatic than several harmonics. The focused beam  509  then illuminates the sample  510  with an arbitrary angle of incidence θ i    17 . The scattered light can be measured using either reflection geometry as shown in  FIG. 5A , or a transmission geometry as shown in  FIG. 5C . The sample is mounted on a multi-axis scan stage (not shown) for ptychography scanning. A pixel array detector  513 , for example a CCD or CMOS, is employed to measure the magnitude of the diffracted field  512 . 
     As an example, we used the imaging instrument of the present invention to image a test object, which is composed of titanium of about 30 nm thickness deposited on a silicon wafer. The fast remapping is performed on each diffraction pattern in the ptychography scan, which is composed of approximately 200 diffraction patterns. The fast remapping algorithms is beneficial for practical implementation of the microscope reconstruction step. 
       FIG. 6  shows the CDI reconstruction of the amplitude and the phase of the sample, compared with a scanning electron microscope image. Amplitude (left) and phase (center) images from a reflection-mode HHG ptychography microscope are compared with an SEM image (right). The black scale bar at the bottom left-hand corner indicates 10 μm. The exposure time for the whole scan takes 1 minute, and the numerical aperture is 0.22 horizontally and 0.39 vertically, supporting a horizontal and vertical half-pitch resolution of 66 nm and 37 nm respectively. 
       FIG. 7  shows the calculated height profile from the reconstructed phase of  FIG. 6 . Again, the black scale bar at the bottom left-hand corner indicates 10 μm. 
     The microscope according to the invention has potential for applications including inspection of masks for lithography, semiconductor metrology, and general surface profilometry. It also has applications for magnetic imaging. 
     Imaging using multiple colors in the EUV can be done sequentially; however, it is often more convenient to illuminate the sample with several colors simultaneously, then to use a ptychographic reconstruction to obtain a separate image for each illumination wavelength.  FIG. 8  shows the hyperspectral imaging result with a comb of high harmonics (top). The incident illumination contains high harmonics of 4 different wavelengths, λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , λ 4 , as shown in the measured low-resolution spectrum. Multiple harmonics at different wavelengths illuminate the sample at the same time, and the spectral responses at each wavelength are reconstructed separately with the ptychographical information multiplexing (PIM) algorithm (bottom images). This algorithm is used in the prior art Batey, et al., Ultramicroscopy 138, 13-21 (2014) for the visible spectral range; while in this invention we extend this technique to EUV/X-ray range. Imaging at multiple colors can result in elemental selectivity, essentially identifying elements and compound by their “colors” in the EUV/X-ray. 
     With the probe reconstructed from ptychography, keyhole CDI technique can be employed to reconstruct the sample from a single diffraction pattern.  FIGS. 9A-9C  illustrate the result of this approach of the invention, with  FIG. 9A  showing the amplitude and  FIG. 9B  showing the phase of the probe, and  FIG. 9C  showing the reconstructed amplitude of the sample. 
     Due to the ultrashort pulse nature of the HHG light source, embodiments of a microscope of the invention are capable of imaging ultrafast dynamics (changing in time), with temporal resolution of up to femtosecond or even attosecond. 
     While the embodiments of the present invention have been described hereinabove by way of example with particularity, those skilled in the art will appreciate various modifications, additions, and applications other than those specifically mentioned, which are within the scope of this invention. For example, the fast remapping is applicable not only ptychography CDI, but also other types of CDI.