Abstract:
An energy measuring apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a first beam splitter, a second beam splitter, a third beam splitter, and a fourth beam splitter, which sequentially reflect part of a main beam and input the beam to an energy sensor. The first beam splitter, the second beam splitter, the third beam splitter, and the fourth beam splitter are each arranged to have such an incident angle and a folding direction of an optical path as to suppress a change in detection value of the energy sensor due to a change in incident angle and a change in polarization purity of the main beam.
Abstract:
A wavelength measuring device configured to detect a wavelength of ultraviolet laser light outputted from a laser resonator with at least one etalon, the wavelength measuring device includes: a first housing having an interior space being sealed and accommodating the etalon, an input window through which the ultraviolet laser light enters to the first housing, the input window being provided at a first opening of the first housing, a first sealing member configured to seal a gap between a rim part of the input window and a circumferential portion of the first opening, a shielding film provided between the rim part of the input window and the first sealing member and configured to shield the first sealing member from the ultraviolet laser light coming from the input window, and a diffusing element provided outside of the first housing and configured to diffuse the ultraviolet laser light before being incident on the input window.
Abstract:
A light beam measurement device includes: a polarization measurement unit including a first measurement beam splitter provided on an optical path of a laser beam and configured to measure a polarization state of the laser beam having been partially reflected by the first measurement beam splitter; a beam profile measurement unit including a second measurement beam splitter provided on the optical path of the laser beam and configured to measure a beam profile of the laser beam having been partially reflected by the second measurement beam splitter; and a laser beam-directional stability measurement unit configured to measure a stability in a traveling direction of the laser beam, while the first measurement beam splitter and the second measurement beam splitter are made of a material containing CaF2.
Abstract:
An extreme ultraviolet light generation device may comprise: a chamber provided with a through-hole; an introduction optical system configured to introduce the pulse laser beam into a first predetermined region inside the chamber through the through-hole; a target supply device configured to output the target toward the first predetermined region; a light source configured to irradiate a second predetermined region with light whose optical path in the second predetermined region has a transverse section that is longer along a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of the target than along the direction of movement of the target, the second predetermined region including part of a trajectory of the target between the target supply device and the first predetermined region; and an optical sensor configured to detect light incident on the optical sensor from the second predetermined region to detect the target passing through the second predetermined region.
Abstract:
An excimer laser apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an etalon spectrometer configured to measure a fringe waveform of a laser beam; and a controller configured to obtain area of a first ratio in a spectral space obtained based on a result of the measurement by the etalon spectrometer, calculate a first spectral line width of the laser beam based on the obtained area of the first ratio, and calibrate a first spectral line width based on a correlation function representing correlation between the first spectral line width and a second spectral line width of the laser beam measured by a reference meter.
Abstract:
A line-narrowed KrF excimer laser apparatus includes a laser chamber, a line narrow optical system, an actuator, an output coupling mirror, a wavelength detecting unit, and a wavelength controller. The actuator is capable of changing a wavelength of light selected by the line narrow optical system. The wavelength detecting unit includes a low-pressure mercury lamp accommodating mercury, a getter material that adsorbs at least a part of the mercury, and a hot cathode that excites at least a part of the mercury, an etalon provided at a position where reference light emitted from the low-pressure mercury lamp and detected light emitted from the output coupling mirror are incident on the etalon, and a light intensity distribution sensor configured to detect an intensity distribution profile of interference fringes of the reference light and an intensity distribution profile of interference fringes of the detected light.
Abstract:
A narrow band laser apparatus may include: a laser resonator; a pair of discharge electrodes; a power supply; a first wavelength measurement device configured to output a first measurement result; a second wavelength measurement device configured to output a second measurement result; and a control unit. The control unit calibrates the first measurement result, based on a difference between the second measurement result derived when the control unit controls the power supply to apply a pulsed voltage to the pair of discharge electrodes with a first repetition frequency and the second measurement result derived when the control unit controls the power supply to apply the pulsed voltage to the pair of discharge electrodes with a second repetition frequency, the second repetition frequency being higher than the first repetition frequency.
Abstract:
An alignment system for a laser apparatus includes a guide laser device outputting a guide laser beam, an adjusting mechanism adjusting travel directions of the guide laser beam and a laser beam from the laser apparatus, a beam path combiner controlling travel directions of the laser beam and the guide laser beam to substantially coincide with each other, a first optical detection unit provided from the beam path combiner detecting the laser and guide laser beams, a first controller controlling the adjusting mechanism based on a first optical detection unit detection result, a beam steering unit downstream from the beam path combiner controlling travel directions of the laser and guide laser beams, a second optical detection unit downstream from the beam steering unit detecting the guide laser beam, and a second controller controlling the beam steering unit based on a second optical detection unit detection result.
Abstract:
A laser system connectable to an exposure apparatus includes a spectrometer configured to acquire a measurement waveform from an interference pattern of laser light output from the laser system, and a processor configured to calculate a convolution spectrum waveform using the measurement waveform and a first intermediate function obtained through a process of deconvolution of an aerial image function of the exposure apparatus with an instrument function of the spectrometer.
Abstract:
A laser apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a laser oscillator that outputs pulsed laser light, a deformable mirror including a deformer that deforms a reflective surface, a first processor that drives the deformer during the period for which the reflective surface reflects the pulsed laser light, a homogenizer that homogenizes the pulsed laser light reflected off the deformable mirror, and a spectrum measuring instrument that measures the spectrum of the pulsed laser light homogenized by the homogenizer.