title: Even aberration measurement of lithographic projection optics based on intensity difference of adjacent peaks in alternating phase-shifting mask image.
abstract: We propose an in situ technique for measuring an even aberration of lithographic projection optics. By using the Hopkins theory of partially coherent imaging and the thick-mask model, the linear relationship between the intensity difference of adjacent peaks in an alternating phase-shifting mask image and an even aberration is established by equations and verified by numerical results. The sensitivity of measuring the even aberration of lithographic projection optics based on this linear relationship is analyzed, and the measurement mark is designed accordingly. Measurement performance of the present technique is evaluated using the lithographic simulator PROLITH, which shows that the present technique is capable of measuring the even aberration of lithographic projection optics with ultrahigh measurement accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Information Optics Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xiangzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zicheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Yuting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Lifeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duan