Method and apparatus for generating radiation

A radiation source (e.g., LPP-laser produced plasma source) for generation of extreme UV (EUV) radiation has at least two fuel particle streams having different trajectories. Each stream is directed to cross the path of an excitation (laser) beam focused at a plasma formation region, but the traject...

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Hauptverfasser:	Badie Ramin, Kempen Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus, Dijksman Johan Frederik, Banine Vadim Yevgenyevich, Van Greevenbroek Hendrikus Robertus Marie, Winkels Koen Gerhardus, Yakunin Andrei Mikhailovich
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	A radiation source (e.g., LPP-laser produced plasma source) for generation of extreme UV (EUV) radiation has at least two fuel particle streams having different trajectories. Each stream is directed to cross the path of an excitation (laser) beam focused at a plasma formation region, but the trajectories are spaced apart at the plasma formation region, and the streams phased, so that only one stream has a fuel particle in the plasma formation region at any time, and so that when a fuel particle from one stream is generating plasma and EUV radiation at the plasma generation region, other fuel particles are sufficiently spaced so as to be substantially unaffected by the plasma. The arrangement permits potential doubling of the radiation intensity achievable for a particular fuel particle size.