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High-power extreme ultraviolet source based on a Z-pinch

McGeoch, 1999

Document ID
5103087677485469202
Author
McGeoch M
Publication year
Publication venue
Emerging Lithographic Technologies III

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The 1Hz helium-xenon Z-pinch previously described has been re-engineered with long-life thyratron switches to operate at 10Hz. At 10Hz, without a condenser, it currently delivers 0.2 W in a 4 Angstrom band centered at 134.5 A, into a solid angle of 0.03 sterad. We report on …
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    • G03F7/70—Exposure apparatus for microlithography
    • G03F7/70008—Production of exposure light, i.e. light sources
    • G03F7/70033—Production of exposure light, i.e. light sources by plasma EUV sources
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H01S3/14—Lasers, i.e. devices for generation, amplification, modulation, demodulation, or frequency-changing, using stimulated emission, of infra-red, visible, or ultra-violet waves characterised by the material used as the active medium
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    • G03F7/70483—Information management, control, testing, and wafer monitoring, e.g. pattern monitoring
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