Abstract
Carbon contamination layers, deposited on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) multilayer mirrors during illumination were characterized <i>ex situ</i> using spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), laser generated surface acoustic waves (LG-SAW), and by their EUV reflectance loss. We show SE is more sensitive to the deposition of carbon layers than the EUV reflectance loss, even in the presence of the highly heterogeneous structure of the multilayer. SE has better overall sensitivity, with a detection limit of 0.2 nm, while LG-SAW has an approximate detection limit < 5 nm.
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