Abstract
We present recent results of our laser-produced plasma light source development for next-generation lithography. The plasma target of the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source system is a liquid xenon jet and the driver laser is a 600 W Nd:YAG laser operating at a repetition rate of 10 kHz. A EUV output power of 2.2 W at 13.5 nm (2% bandwidth, 2π sr) having a stability of 0.72% (1σ, 50-pulse moving average) has been achieved. Related to future collector mirror lifetime considerations, fast ions from the laser-produced plasma have been characterized by time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. Using a low repetition rate 8-ns, 100-mJ Nd:YAG laser Xe+ to Xe6+ ions were observed with Xe2+ being the main charge state. In addition, the effects of fast ions on Mo/Si multilayer mirrors have been studied using a Xe ion gun. Ion sputtering of the multilayer structure is the main damage mechanism but layer boundary mixing and surface roughness increase are also observed.
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