| 摘要 |
A catadioptric projection objective for projecting a pattern, which is located in the object plane of the projection objective, into the image plane of the projection objective has, between the object plane and the image plane, a catadioptric objective part provided with a concave mirror ( 17 ), with a first deviating mirror ( 16 ) and with at least one second deviating mirror ( 19 ). A polarization rotating device ( 26 ) rotates the preferred polarization direction of the light approximately 90° inside the light path between the deviating mirrors. This permits an at least partial compensation for polarization-dependent reflectivity differences and phase effect differences of the deviating mirrors thereby enabling a projection with a largely identical contrast for all structural directions.
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