Scale-up of a cluster jet laser plasma source for extreme ultraviolet lithography

Glenn D. Kubiak; Luis J. Bernardez II; Kevin D. Krenz; William C. Sweatt

doi:10.1117/12.351142

25 June 1999 Scale-up of a cluster jet laser plasma source for extreme ultraviolet lithography

Glenn D. Kubiak, Luis J. Bernardez II, Kevin D. Krenz, William C. Sweatt

Proceedings Volume 3676, Emerging Lithographic Technologies III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.351142
Event: Microlithography '99, 1999, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

A high-average-power extreme UV (EUV) source based on a laser plasma cluster jet is being developed for EUV lithography. The source employs a cooled supersonic nozzle expansion to produce a dense beam of Xe clusters as the plasma source target. The cluster beam is irradiated with a pulsed laser to create a high-temperature plasma radiating efficiently in the EUV spectral region. To accommodate drive laser repetition rates of up to 6000 Hz, a continuous jet expansion with full Xe gas recycling is employed, rather than earlier pulsed jet expansions. The continuous jet employs an efficient high-throughput pumping scheme to minimize the ambient pressure highly-attenuating Xe gas. Source power scale-up is achieved by increasing laser repetition rate, keeping laser pulse parameters nominally fixed. In the first phase of EUV power scale-up, the continuous cluster jet source has been integrated with a 200 W laser driver operating at repetition rates up to 500 Hz. With this system, a laser-to-EUV conversion efficiency of 0.69 percent is achieved. In the second phase, the jet is being integrated with a 1700 W diode-pumped solid sate laser driver operating at repetition rates up to 6000 Hz. A brief description of the 1700 W laser system and its integration with the continuous cluster jet are discussed.

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Glenn D. Kubiak, Luis J. Bernardez II, Kevin D. Krenz, and William C. Sweatt "Scale-up of a cluster jet laser plasma source for extreme ultraviolet lithography", Proc. SPIE 3676, Emerging Lithographic Technologies III, (25 June 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.351142

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