EUV LIGHT GENERATOR
    81.
    发明申请
    EUV LIGHT GENERATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190394868A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16560611

    申请日:2019-09-04

    Abstract: An EUV light generator including the following components: A. an electron storage ring including a first linear section and a second linear section; B. an electron supplier configured to supply the electron storage ring with an electron bunch; C. a high-frequency acceleration cavity disposed in the first linear section and configured to accelerate the electron bunch in such a way that a length Lez of the electron bunch satisfies “0.09 m≤Lez≤3 m;” and D. an undulator disposed in the second linear section and configured to output EUV light when the electron bunch enters the undulator.

    SOLID-STATE LASER DEVICE, SOLID-STATE LASER SYSTEM, AND LASER DEVICE FOR EXPOSURE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190305508A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16446662

    申请日:2019-06-20

    Abstract: A solid state laser device includes a seed laser that outputs continuous wave laser seed light, a light intensity changeable unit that changes a light intensity thereof and outputs seed pulse light, a CW excitation laser that outputs continuous wave excitation light, an amplifier that amplifies the seed pulse light and outputs amplified light based on an amplification gain increased by the excitation light, a wavelength conversion unit that converts a wavelength of the amplified light and outputs harmonic light, and a light intensity control unit that allows the light intensity changeable unit to output the seed pulse light after a certain time elapsed from an input of an external trigger signal each time the signal is input and output suppression light that suppresses an increase of the amplification gain in a period after an output of the seed pulse light until an input of a next external trigger signal.

    LASER GAS REGENERATION SYSTEM AND LASER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190237928A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16375591

    申请日:2019-04-04

    Abstract: A laser gas regeneration system for an excimer laser includes a first pipe capable of supplying a laser chamber with a first laser gas, a second pipe capable of supplying the laser chamber with a second laser gas having a halogen gas concentration higher than that of the first laser gas, a third pipe allowing a gas exhausted from the laser chamber to pass therethrough, a gas refiner that refines the gas having passed through the third pipe, a branch that causes the refined gas to divide and flow into a fourth pipe and a fifth pipe, a first regenerated gas supplier that supplies the first pipe with a gas having divided and flowed into the fourth pipe, and a second regenerated gas supplier that adds a halogen gas to a gas having divided and flowed into the fifth pipe and supplies the second pipe with the halogen-added gas.

    LASER SYSTEM
    85.
    发明申请
    LASER SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190103724A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16208815

    申请日:2018-12-04

    Abstract: A laser system includes a laser device configured to output pulse laser light, and a first optical pulse stretcher including a delay optical path for stretching a pulse width of the pulse laser light. The first optical pulse stretcher is configured to change a beam waist position of circulation light that circulates through the delay optical path and is output therefrom, in an optical path axis direction according to a circulation count. When the circulation light is condensed by an ideal lens, a light condensing position of the circulation light is changed in the optical path axis direction according to the circulation count.

    LINE NARROWED LASER APPARATUS
    86.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180323568A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-08

    申请号:US16033030

    申请日:2018-07-11

    Abstract: The line narrowed laser apparatus configured to perform a plurality of burst oscillations including a first burst oscillation and a second burst oscillation next to the first burst oscillation to output a pulse laser beam. The line narrowed laser apparatus comprises a laser resonator, a chamber provided in the laser resonator, a pair of electrodes provided in the chamber, an electric power source configured to apply a pulsed voltage to the pair of electrodes, a wavelength-selecting element provided in the laser resonator, a spectral width varying unit provided in the laser resonator, a wavelength variable unit configured to change a selected wavelength selected by the wavelength-selecting element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the wavelength variable unit based on an amount of control of the spectral width varying unit in a period from a time of ending the first burst oscillation to a time of starting the second burst oscillation.

    LINE NARROWED LASER APPARATUS
    87.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180123312A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15857894

    申请日:2017-12-29

    Abstract: The line narrowed laser apparatus configured to perform a plurality of burst oscillations including a first burst oscillation and a second burst oscillation next to the first burst oscillation to output a pulse laser beam. The line narrowed laser apparatus comprises a laser resonator, a chamber provided in the laser resonator, a pair of electrodes provided in the chamber, an electric power source configured to apply pulsed voltage to the pair of electrodes, a wavelength selecting element provided in the laser resonator, a spectral width varying unit provided in the laser resonator, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a duty in a predetermined period before starting the second burst oscillation and a length of a suspension period from a time of ending the first burst oscillation to a time of starting the second burst oscillation, and perform a first control of the spectral width varying unit based on the duty and the length of the suspension period.

    EXCIMER LASER APPARATUS AND EXCIMER LASER SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180048109A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15792111

    申请日:2017-10-24

    CPC classification number: H01S3/036 H01S3/038 H01S3/134 H01S3/225

    Abstract: The excimer laser apparatus may include a laser chamber configured to contain gas, a pair of electrodes provided in the laser chamber, a power source unit configured to supply a pulse voltage between the pair of electrodes, a gas supply unit configured to supply gas into the laser chamber, a gas exhaust unit configured to partially exhaust gas from within the laser chamber, and a gas control unit configured to control the gas supply unit and the gas exhaust unit, where a replacement ratio of gas to be replaced from within the laser chamber increases as deterioration of the pair of electrodes progresses, the deterioration being represented by a deterioration parameter of the pair of electrodes.

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