Abstract:
A target supply device includes a nozzle portion, a cover, a first electrode, and a potential controller. The nozzle portion has a through-hole defined therein to allow a target material to be discharged therethrough. The cover includes an electrically conductive material and is disposed to cover the nozzle portion. The cover has a through-hole defined therein to allow the target material to pass therethrough. The first electrode is disposed on the cover. The first electrode has a through-hole to allow the target material to pass therethrough. The potential controller is configured to control the first electrode to have a first potential that is lower than a second potential of the cover.
Abstract:
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus includes: a target supply unit configured to output a target toward a predetermined region; a laser system configured to output a first laser beam to be applied to the target, a second laser beam to be applied to the target irradiated with the first laser beam, and a third laser beam to be applied to the target irradiated with the second laser beam; and a control unit configured to control the laser system such that the third laser beam is applied to the target after ions of elements constituting the target are eliminated from at least an optical path of the third laser beam.
Abstract:
A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
Abstract:
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber including a plasma generation region to which a target is supplied, the target being turned into plasma so that extreme ultraviolet light is generated in the chamber; a target supply part configured to supply the target to the plasma generation region by outputting the target as a droplet into the chamber; a droplet detector configured to detect the droplet traveling from the target supply part to the plasma generation region; an imaging part configured to capture an image of an imaging region containing the plasma generation region in the chamber; and a controller configured to control an imaging timing at which the imaging part captures the image of the imaging region, based on a detection timing at which the droplet detector detects the droplet.
Abstract:
A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
Abstract:
The laser system may include: a clock generator; a mode-locked laser device having an optical resonator; a controlling device capable of controlling resonator length of the optical resonator; a detector disposed in an optical path of the pulse laser beam, configured to detect the pulse laser beam and output a detection signal; a switching device disposed in the optical path of the pulse laser beam, capable of switching the pulse laser beam; and a controller, capable of controlling the controlling device based on the clock signal outputted by the clock generator and on the detection signal outputted by the detector, and capable of controlling the switching device based on the clock signal outputted by the clock generator and on a timing signal outputted by an external device.
Abstract:
A Faraday rotator may include a magnetic field forming section configured to form a magnetic field at a predetermined magnetic flux density in a predetermined region, a Faraday element disposed in the predetermined region, and a first heat exhaust member, disposed on the side of one primary plane of the Faraday element, configured to form an optical contact surface with the Faraday element and configured to allow light at a predetermined wavelength to pass.
Abstract:
A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.
Abstract:
An extreme ultraviolet light generating system may include: a chamber; a target feeding unit configured to feed a target into the chamber; a drive laser unit configured to irradiate the target with a drive pulsed laser light beam to generate a plasma to thereby generate extreme ultraviolet light; a probe laser unit configured to irradiate the plasma with a probe pulsed laser light beam to thereby generate Thomson scattered light; a spectrometer configured to measure a spectrum waveform of an ionic term in the Thomson scattered light; and a wavelength filter disposed upstream of the spectrometer, and configured to suppress light with a predetermined wavelength from entering the spectrometer. The light with the predetermined wavelength may be part of light containing the Thomson scattered light, and the predetermined wavelength may be substantially same as a wavelength of the probe pulsed laser light beam.
Abstract:
A system for generating extreme ultraviolet light, in which a target material inside a chamber is irradiated with a laser beam to be turned into plasma, includes a first laser apparatus configured to output a first laser beam, a second laser apparatus configured to output a pedestal and a second laser beam, and a controller connected to the first and second laser apparatuses and configured to cause the first laser beam to be outputted first, the pedestal to be outputted after the first laser beam, and the second laser beam having higher energy than the pedestal to be outputted after the pedestal.