Combined effects of pre-pulsing and target geometry on efficient EUV production from laser produced plasma experiments and modeling

A. Hassanein; T. Sizyuk; V. Sizyuk; S. S. Harilal

doi:10.1117/12.879517

29 March 2011 Combined effects of pre-pulsing and target geometry on efficient EUV production from laser produced plasma experiments and modeling

A. Hassanein, T. Sizyuk, V. Sizyuk, S. S. Harilal

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Proceedings Volume 7969, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography II; 79690D (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879517
Event: SPIE Advanced Lithography, 2011, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Laser produced plasmas (LPP) is currently a promising source of an efficient extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photon source production for advanced lithography. Optimum laser pulse parameters with adjusted wavelength, energy, and duration for simple planar or spherical tin target can provide 2-3% conversion efficiency (CE) in laboratory experiments. These values are also in good agreement with modeling results. Additional effects such as targets with complex geometry and tin-doped targets using pre-pulsing of laser beams can significantly increase CE. Recent studies showed that such improvements in LPP system are due to reduction in laser energy losses by decreasing photons transmission (higher harmonic of Nd:YAG laser) or photons reflection (for CO₂ laser). Optimization of target heating using pre-pulses or ablating low-density and nanoporous tin oxide can further improve LLP sources by creating more efficient plasma plumes and as a result increasing CE, the most important parameter for EUV sources. The second important challenge in developing LPP devices is to decrease fast ions and target debris to protect the optical collection system and increase its lifetime. We investigated the combined effects of pre-pulsing with various parameters and different target geometries on EUV conversion efficiency and on energetic ions production. The much higher reflectivity of CO₂ laser from a tin target leads to two possible ways for system improvement using pre-pulses with shorter laser wavelengths or using more complex targets geometries with special grooves as developed previously by the authors.

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A. Hassanein, T. Sizyuk, V. Sizyuk, and S. S. Harilal "Combined effects of pre-pulsing and target geometry on efficient EUV production from laser produced plasma experiments and modeling", Proc. SPIE 7969, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography II, 79690D (29 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.879517

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