Patent ID: 7724350

Claim:
An immersion exposure apparatus comprising: a projection optical system configured to project exposure light from an original onto a substrate; a first supply unit configured to form a first liquid film in a space formed between the projection optical system and the substrate by supplying first liquid having a higher index of refraction than water via a first supply port, the space including a light path of the exposure light; a second supply unit configured to form water film outside the first liquid film by supplying water via a second supply port after forming the first liquid film; a first recovery unit configured to recover the first liquid supplied by the first supply unit via a first recovery port; and a second recovery unit configured to recover the water supplied by second supply unit and formed outside the first liquid via a second recovery port; wherein the first supply port, the first recovery port, the second supply port and the second recovery port are arranged in the order of distance from the optical axis of the projection optical system from the shortest to the longest, and wherein the first recovery port also recovers the water supplied via the second supply port.