PROLONGING OPTICAL ELEMENT LIFETIME IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
Abstract:
Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system (SO) for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber (26) containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
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