Polarization influences through the optical path

George E. Bailey; Kostas Adam

doi:10.1117/12.600660

12 May 2005 Polarization influences through the optical path

George E. Bailey, Kostas Adam

Proceedings Volume 5754, Optical Microlithography XVIII; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.600660
Event: Microlithography 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

With the advent of immersion lithography, high numerical aperture (NA) and Hyper-NA (NA > 1.0) exposure tools, comes the task of understanding the impact of polarization and possibly how to master these effects for further resolution enhancements. In the past, the lithographic community has for the most part been able to ignore the polarization incident to mask, polarization induced by the 3D mask effects, and any residual polarization provided by the pupil, but with the combination of these high-NA exposure tools and the use of extreme off-axis illumination techniques, neglecting these polarization effects could be disastrous. Previous works have rigorously accounted for the polarization influences from the illumination source and within a thin film for an immersion and dry process using the Calibre vector-diffraction model ^1-2. This paper will expand upon this study to include the mask and pupil polarization effects from the first order perspective and from the higher-order interactions with the four polarizations commonly found within a lithographic exposure system. It will propose possible resolution enhancement techniques by manipulating polarization in the optical path and at the mask in a hyper-NA exposure environment.

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George E. Bailey and Kostas Adam "Polarization influences through the optical path", Proc. SPIE 5754, Optical Microlithography XVIII, (12 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.600660

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