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Extreme ultra violet light source apparatus

Granted 9 Jul 2013 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.

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Inventors: Osamu Wakabayashi, Masato Moriya, Akira Sumitani, Takashi Suganuma +2 · Examiner: Nicole Ippolito · AU 2881 · TC 2800

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Abstract

An extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus using a spectrum purity filter capable of obtaining EUV light with high spectrum purity. The apparatus includes a chamber; a target supply unit for supplying a target material; a driver laser using a laser gas containing a carbon dioxide gas as a laser medium, for applying a laser beam to the target material to generate plasma; a collector mirror for collecting and outputting the extreme ultraviolet light radiated from the plasma; and a spectrum purity filter provided in an optical path of the extreme ultraviolet light, for transmitting the extreme ultraviolet light and reflecting the laser beam, the spectrum purity filter including a mesh having electrical conductivity and formed with an arrangement of apertures having a pitch not larger than a half of a shortest wavelength of the laser beam applied by the driver laser.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
Section G — Physics
  • G21K5/00
USPC · US Patent Classification
250/504.R250/503.1359/350359/355250/498.1250/493.1359/351359/361359/359

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related publicationUS 20090314967 A124 Dec 2009

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