EUV light producing system and method utilizing an alignment laser
    1.
    发明授权
    EUV light producing system and method utilizing an alignment laser 有权
    EUV光产生系统和利用对准激光的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08304752B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-06

    申请号:US12638413

    申请日:2009-12-15

    IPC分类号: G01J1/04 G01J1/18

    摘要: A method for producing extreme ultraviolet light includes producing a target material at a target location; supplying pump energy to a gain medium of at least one optical amplifier that has an amplification band to produce an amplified light beam; propagating the amplified light beam through the gain medium using one or more optical components of a set of optical components; delivering the amplified light beam to the target location using one or more optical components of the optical component set; producing with a guide laser a guide laser beam that has a wavelength outside of the amplification band of the gain medium and inside the wavelength range of the optical components; and directing the guide laser beam through the optical component set to thereby align one or more optical components of the optical component set.

    摘要翻译: 用于生产极紫外光的方法包括在目标位置产生目标材料; 向具有放大频带的至少一个光放大器的增益介质提供泵浦能量以产生放大的光束; 使用一组光学部件的一个或多个光学部件将放大的光束传播通过增益介质; 使用所述光学部件组的一个或多个光学部件将放大的光束传送到目标位置; 用导向激光器产生具有波长在增益介质的放大频带之外且在光学部件的波长范围内的引导激光束; 并且引导所述引导激光束通过所述光学部件组,从而对准所述光学部件组的一个或多个光学部件。

    Alignment Laser
    2.
    发明申请
    Alignment Laser 有权
    对准激光

    公开(公告)号:US20100327192A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-30

    申请号:US12638413

    申请日:2009-12-15

    IPC分类号: H05G2/00 H01S3/22 H01S3/08

    摘要: A method for producing extreme ultraviolet light includes producing a target material at a target location; supplying pump energy to a gain medium of at least one optical amplifier that has an amplification band to produce an amplified light beam; propagating the amplified light beam through the gain medium using one or more optical components of a set of optical components; delivering the amplified light beam to the target location using one or more optical components of the optical component set; producing with a guide laser a guide laser beam that has a wavelength outside of the amplification band of the gain medium and inside the wavelength range of the optical components; and directing the guide laser beam through the optical component set to thereby align one or more optical components of the optical component set.

    摘要翻译: 用于生产极紫外光的方法包括在目标位置产生目标材料; 向具有放大频带的至少一个光放大器的增益介质提供泵浦能量以产生放大的光束; 使用一组光学部件的一个或多个光学部件将放大的光束传播通过增益介质; 使用所述光学部件组的一个或多个光学部件将放大的光束传送到目标位置; 用导向激光器产生具有波长在增益介质的放大频带之外且在光学部件的波长范围内的引导激光束; 并且引导所述引导激光束通过所述光学部件组,从而对准所述光学部件组的一个或多个光学部件。

    Drive laser for EUV light source
    3.
    发明申请
    Drive laser for EUV light source 有权
    驱动激光用于EUV光源

    公开(公告)号:US20070291350A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-20

    申请号:US11452558

    申请日:2006-06-14

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00

    摘要: A laser light source is disclosed having a laser oscillator producing an output beam; a first amplifier amplifying the output beam to produce a first amplified beam, and a second amplifier amplifying the first amplified beam to produce a second amplified beam. For the source, the first amplifier may have a gain medium characterized by a saturation energy (Es, 1) and a small signal gain (go, 1); and the second amplifier may have a gain medium characterized by a saturation energy (Es, 2) and a small signal gain (go, 2), with (go, 1)>(go, 2) and (Es, 2)>(Es, 1). In another aspect, a laser oscillator of a laser light source may be a cavity dumped laser oscillator, e.g. a mode-locked laser oscillator, q-switched laser oscillator and may further comprising a temporal pulse stretcher.

    摘要翻译: 公开了具有产生输出光束的激光振荡器的激光源; 放大所述输出光束以产生第一放大光束的第一放大器,以及放大所述第一放大光束以产生第二放大光束的第二放大器。 对于源极,第一放大器可以具有以饱和能量(E S,S 1)和小信号增益(g 1,...)为特征的增益介质; 并且第二放大器可以具有特征在于饱和能量(E SUB,2 N)和小信号增益(g 0,o 2)的增益介质,其中(g < (o,SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB >)。 在另一方面,激光光源的激光振荡器可以是空腔倾覆的激光振荡器,例如。 模式锁定激光振荡器,q切换激光振荡器,并且还可以包括时间脉冲展开器。

    Metrology for Extreme Ultraviolet Light Source
    5.
    发明申请
    Metrology for Extreme Ultraviolet Light Source 有权
    极紫外光源计量

    公开(公告)号:US20110141865A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-16

    申请号:US12637961

    申请日:2009-12-15

    IPC分类号: G11B20/00 G11B7/00

    CPC分类号: G01J1/429 H05G2/008

    摘要: An extreme ultraviolet light system includes a drive laser system that produces an amplified light beam; a target material delivery system configured to produce a target material at a target location; a beam delivery system configured to receive the amplified light beam emitted from the drive laser system and to direct the amplified light beam toward the target location; and a metrology system. The beam delivery system includes converging lens configured and arranged to focus the amplified light beam at the target location. The metrology system includes a light collection system configured to collect a portion of the amplified light beam reflected from the converging lens and a portion of a guide laser beam reflected from the converging lens. The light collection system includes a dichroic optical device configured to optically separate the portions.

    摘要翻译: 极紫外光系统包括产生放大光束的驱动激光系统; 配置成在目标位置产生目标材料的目标材料输送系统; 射束传送系统,被配置为接收从驱动激光系统发射的放大光束并将放大的光束引向目标位置; 和计量系统。 光束传送系统包括被配置和布置成将被放大的光束聚焦在目标位置处的会聚透镜。 测量系统包括:光收集系统,被配置为收集从会聚透镜反射的放大光束的一部分和从会聚透镜反射的一部分引导激光束。 光采集系统包括配置为光学地分离这些部分的二向色光学装置。

    EUV collector debris management
    7.
    发明授权
    EUV collector debris management 失效
    EUV收集器碎片管理

    公开(公告)号:US08075732B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-13

    申请号:US10979945

    申请日:2004-11-01

    IPC分类号: C23F1/00

    CPC分类号: B08B7/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus that may comprise an EUV light producing mechanism utilizing an EUV plasma source material comprising a material that will form an etching compound, which plasma source material produces EUV light in a band around a selected center wavelength comprising: an EUV plasma generation chamber; an EUV light collector contained within the chamber having a reflective surface containing at least one layer comprising a material that does not form an etching compound and/or forms a compound layer that does not significantly reduce the reflectivity of the reflective surface in the band; an etchant source gas contained within the chamber comprising an etchant source material with which the plasma source material forms an etching compound, which etching compound has a vapor pressure that will allow etching of the etching compound from the reflective surface. The etchant source material may comprises a halogen or halogen compound. The etchant source material may be selected based upon the etching being stimulated in the presence of photons of EUV light and/or DUV light and/or any excited energetic photons with sufficient energy to stimulate the etching of the plasma source material. The apparatus may further comprise an etching stimulation plasma generator providing an etching stimulation plasma in the working vicinity of the reflective surface; and the etchant source material may be selected based upon the etching being stimulated by an etching stimulation plasma. There may also be an ion accelerator accelerating ions toward the reflective surface. The ions may comprise etchant source material. The apparatus and method may comprise a part of an EUV production subsystem with an optical element to be etched of plasma source material.

    摘要翻译: 可以包括使用EUV等离子体源材料的EUV发光机构的方法和装置,所述EUV等离子体源材料包括将形成蚀刻化合物的材料,所述等离子体源材料在所选择的中心波长周围的带内产生EUV光,包括:EUV等离子体产生室 ; 包含在室内的EUV光收集器具有反射表面,该反射表面包含至少一层,该层包含不形成蚀刻化合物的材料和/或形成不显着降低该带中的反射表面的反射率的化合物层; 包含在腔室内的蚀刻剂源气体包括蚀刻剂源材料,等离子体源材料与蚀刻剂源材料形成蚀刻化合物,该蚀刻化合物具有允许从反射表面蚀刻蚀刻化合物的蒸气压。 蚀刻剂源材料可以包含卤素或卤素化合物。 蚀刻剂源材料可以基于在存在EUV光和/或DUV光的光子和/或具有足够能量以激发等离子体源材料的蚀刻的任何激发能量光子的情况下被激发的蚀刻来选择。 该装置还可以包括在反射表面的工作附近提供蚀刻刺激等离子体的蚀刻刺激等离子体发生器; 并且蚀刻剂源材料可以基于通过蚀刻刺激等离子体刺激的蚀刻来选择。 还可以存在离子加速剂将离子朝向反射表面加速。 离子可以包括蚀刻剂源材料。 该装置和方法可以包括具有待蚀刻的等离子体源材料的光学元件的EUV生产子系统的一部分。

    Laser system
    9.
    发明授权
    Laser system 有权
    激光系统

    公开(公告)号:US07746913B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-29

    申请号:US11981449

    申请日:2007-10-30

    IPC分类号: H01S3/22

    摘要: An apparatus/method which may comprise a line narrowed pulsed excimer or molecular fluorine gas discharge laser system which may comprise a seed laser oscillator producing an output comprising a seed laser output light beam of pulses which may comprise a first gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber; a line narrowing module within a first oscillator cavity; a laser amplification stage containing an amplifying gain medium in a second gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber receiving the output of the seed laser oscillator and amplifying the output of the seed laser oscillator to form a laser system output comprising a laser system output light beam of pulses, which may comprise a ring power amplification stage; a seed injection mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 可以包括线变窄的脉冲准分子或分子氟气体放电激光系统的装置/方法,其可以包括种子激光振荡器,其产生包括种子激光输出的脉冲光束的输出,所述种子激光输出光束可以包括第一气体放电准分子或分子氟激光 房间 第一振荡器腔内的线窄模块; 在第二气体放电准分子或分子氟激光室中包含放大增益介质的激光放大级,其接收种子激光振荡器的输出并放大种子激光振荡器的输出,以形成激光系统输出,该激光系统输出包括激光系统输出光束 的脉冲,其可以包括环形功率放大级; 种子注射机制。