Title :
Status and potential of laser based EUV sources
Author_Institution :
HiLase Center, Inst. of Phys., Dolni Brezany, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The established EUV source for lithography is driven by a high average power pulsed CO2 laser. Micro droplet of Tin is injected as the plasma source. Present average power is more than 100W, and the scaling potential to over kW is described regarding several physical limits.
Keywords :
laser materials processing; photolithography; plasma sources; ultraviolet sources; high average power pulsed carbon dioxide laser; laser based EUV sources; lithography; plasma source; tin microdroplet; Apertures; Lithography; Optical reflection; Plasmas; Reflectivity; Tin; Ultraviolet sources;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA