Abstract:
A laser apparatus includes: a plurality of envelope blocks each provided with an optical element and a first temperature sensor and covering part of a laser beam path, the optical element being disposed on the laser beam path, the first temperature sensor being configured to measure a first temperature of gas at a position away from the optical element; an envelope body including the envelope blocks and covering the laser beam path; and a control unit connected with each first temperature sensor and configured to specify an envelope block at which increase of the first temperature is measured in the envelope body as an envelope block at which anomaly is occurring.
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:
A target supply device according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is configured to supply a metal target in a plasma generation region and may include a tank configured to house the metal target, a filter having been subjected to a dehydration process, the filter being configured to suppress passage of particles in the metal target housed in the tank, and a nozzle provided with a nozzle hole configured to eject the metal target that has passed through the filter.
Abstract:
An EUV light generation device generates EUV light stably. The EUV light generation device may include a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with laser light in a predetermined region inside the chamber, a target supply device configured to output the target to the predetermined region in the chamber to thereby supply the target to the predetermined region, and a target recovery apparatus configured to recover the target output from the target supply device and not irradiated with the laser light. The target recovery apparatus may include a receiver disposed to be inclined with respect to a trajectory of the target output from the target supply device, the receiver being configured to receive the target by allowing the target not irradiated with the laser light to collide with the receiver, and an excitation device configured to vibrate the receiver.
Abstract:
A target supply device may be provided with a tank configured to contain a metal as a target material, a nozzle having a nozzle hole through which the target material is output from the tank, a filter disposed in a communication portion for conducting the target material from the tank to the nozzle hole, a temperature adjuster configured to change the temperature of the target material in the tank, and a controller controlling the temperature adjuster to change the temperature of the target material in the tank such that oxygen in the target material is precipitated as metal oxide.
Abstract:
A filter may include: a first member having a first surface provided with a channel; and a second member set with a second surface thereof covering the channel. The first member may include a first passable portion that allows a fluid to pass between the first surface and a first space, which is defined beside a surface of the first member opposite to the first surface, through a first area of the channel. The second member may include a second passable portion that allows the fluid to pass between the second surface and a second space, which is defined beside a surface of the second member opposite to the second surface, through a second area of the channel distanced from the first area.
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.