APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF REDUCING CONTAMINATION FROM SOURCE MATERIAL IN AN EUV LIGHT SOURCE

Disclosed is a source for and method of generating extreme ultraviolet radiation in which spitting of molten target material is hindered through depletion of the number of hydrogen radicals available to enter deposits of molten target material and create hydrogen bubbles therein by introducing an ac...

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Hauptverfasser: Labetski, Dzmitry, Ma, Yue, LaForge, Andrew David
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed is a source for and method of generating extreme ultraviolet radiation in which spitting of molten target material is hindered through depletion of the number of hydrogen radicals available to enter deposits of molten target material and create hydrogen bubbles therein by introducing an active gas that reacts with the hydrogen radicals.