Physics of laser-driven tin plasma sources of EUV radiation for nanolithography

OO Versolato - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser-produced transient tin plasmas are the sources of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light at
13.5 nm wavelength for next-generation nanolithography, enabling the continued …

Free-standing spectral purity filters for extreme ultraviolet lithography

NI Chkhalo, MN Drozdov, EB Kluenkov… - Journal of Micro …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Free-standing multilayer films consisting of Si, Zr, Mo and silicides of both metals have been
fabricated and studied as spectral purity filters (SPF) for extreme ultraviolet (EUV)(13.5 nm) …

The effect of target material concentration on EUV near 6.7 ánm and out-of-band radiation of laser-produced Gd plasma

Y Zhang, Y Dou, Z Xie, Q Zhang, Z Wen, C Wang… - Vacuum, 2024 - Elsevier
We have prepared various low-density Gd targets to investigate the effect of concentration
on the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation near 6.7 ánm and out-of-band emission from laser …

Efficient photo-dissociation-induced production of hydrogen radicals using vacuum ultraviolet light from a laser-produced plasma

JE Hernandez, N Tanaka, R Yamada, Y Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
One of the critical issues in lithography using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light is tin
contamination of the EUV collector mirrors in the tin-based LPP-EUV light source. The …

Angular emission and self-absorption studies of a tin laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet source between 10 and 18nm

O Morris, F O'Reilly, P Dunne, P Hayden - Applied Physics Letters, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Extreme ultraviolet spectra from a tin laser produced plasma have been recorded over a
range of angles between 20 and 90 from the target normal. Absolute intensity …

Absolute evaluation of out-of-band radiation from laser-produced tin plasmas for extreme ultraviolet lithography

H Sakaguchi, S Fujioka, S Namba, H Tanuma… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Out-of-band (OOB) radiation (at wavelengths longer than 130 nm⁠) from an extreme
ultraviolet (EUV) light source reduces the precision of lithography. The energy of the OOB …

Angular and energy distribution of Sn ion debris ejected from a laser-produced plasma source, for laser power densities in the range suitable for extreme ultraviolet …

A O'connor, O Morris, E Sokell - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, experimental results are presented for the spatial and energy distributions of
charge-discriminated Sn ions ejected from laser-produced plasmas. The plasmas were …

Analysis of atomic and ion debris features of laser-produced Sn and Li plasmas

RW Coons, SS Harilal, D Campos… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Tin and lithium plasmas emit efficiently in the in-band region (13.5 nm with 2% bandwidth)
necessary for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. We have made a detailed comparison …

Influence of laser pulse duration on extreme ultraviolet and ion emission features from tin plasmas

A Roy, SS Harilal, MP Polek, SM Hassan, A Endo… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated the role of laser pulse duration and intensity on extreme ultraviolet (EUV)
generation and ion emission from a laser produced Sn plasma. For producing plasmas …

Extreme ultraviolet emission and confinement of tin plasmas in the presence of a magnetic field

A Roy, S Murtaza Hassan, SS Harilal, A Endo… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated the role of a guiding magnetic field on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and ion
emission from a laser produced Sn plasma for various laser pulse duration and intensity. For …