LASER MULTIPLEXING

A laser multiplexing system and method for use with high power pulsed lasers in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a high power EUV laser multiplexing element for laser produced plasma generation has a compound lens with at least two focusing elements arranged to fo...

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Hauptverfasser:	ELLWI, SAMIR SHAKIR, HENRY, MATTHEW, COMLEY, ANDREW JAMES, HAY, NICK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CINEMATOGRAPHY CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY MACHINE TOOLS MATERIALS THEREFOR METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS ORIGINALS THEREFOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES PHYSICS SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING TRANSPORTING WELDING WORKING BY LASER BEAM X-RAY TECHNIQUE
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Zusammenfassung:	A laser multiplexing system and method for use with high power pulsed lasers in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a high power EUV laser multiplexing element for laser produced plasma generation has a compound lens with at least two focusing elements arranged to focus at least two respective laser beams to a focal point on a common workpiece. In a second embodiment, a laser multiplexing apparatus has at least two pulsed laser sources for generating pulsed laser beams and a temporal multiplexing element arranged to temporally interleave at least two pulsed laser beams. In a third embodiment, a laser multiplexing assembly comprises a beam shaping element in which the beam shaping element is arranged to direct a first laser beam along an axis common with a second laser beam axis onto a common focusing element arranged about the common axis.