Spectroscopic investigations of YAG-laser-driven microdroplet-tin plasma sources of extreme ultraviolet radiation for nanolithography

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1412/19/192006
Reference O.O. Versolato, A. Bayerle, M. Bayraktar, L. Behnke, H. Bekker, Z. Bouza, J. Colgan, J.R. Crespo López-Urrutia, M.J. Deuzeman, R. Hoekstra, D. Kurilovich, B. Liu, R.A. Meijer, A.J. Neukirch, L. Poirier, S. Rai, A.N. Ryabtsev, J. Scheers, R. Schupp, J. Sheil, F. Torretti, W.M.G. Ubachs and S. Witte, Spectroscopic investigations of YAG-laser-driven microdroplet-tin plasma sources of extreme ultraviolet radiation for nanolithography, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1412, (19), 192006:1-1 (2020)
Groups Ion Interactions, EUV Generation & Imaging, EUV Plasma Processes, Plasma Theory and Modeling

Highly charged tin ions are the sources of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light at 13.5-nm wavelength in laser-produced transient plasmas for next-generation nanolithography. Generating this EUV light at the required power, reliability, and stability however presents a formidable task that combines industrial innovations with challenging scientific questions. We will present work on the spectroscopy of tin ions in and out of YAG-laser-driven plasma and present a surprising answer to the key question: what makes that light?