S26 Basic research on 6.x nm EUV generation by laser produced plasma Tsukasa Hori, Tatsuya Yanagida, Hitoshi Nagano, Yasunori Wada, Soumagne Georg, Junichi Fujimoto*, Hakaru Mizoguchi* e-mail : tsukasa_hori@komatsu.co.jp Gigaphoton Inc.* KOMATSU Ltd. Nov. 08, 2011 KWDL11-537
Contents Introduction Basic research test rig 13.5 nm EUV experimental results on test rig 6.x nm EUV experiential results on test rig Conclusion Future work Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P2
Introduction Laser Produced Plasma EUV light source EUV Wavelength nm 13.5 6.x Target material Tin Supply Drive Laser Type CO2 wavelength um 10.6 Molten Tin by droplet BEUV Gd? Tb?? CO2? Solid state? 10.6? 1.06? Intensity for CE > 1% W/cm 2 > 10 10 > 10 12? Collecting Mirror Multi layer structure Mo/Si Mo/B4C? La/B4C? Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P3
LPP EUV Light Source Requirements for HVM EUV source High EUV power Long collector mirror lifetime EUV Stability Low CoG / CoO Reliability, 13.5nm EUVA LPP concept CO 2 laser + Sn target + Magnetic field plasma guiding Sn target supply High power pulsed CO 2 Laser IF (Intermediate Focus) Magnetic field plasma guiding Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P4
EUV Product Roadmap 13.5nm Power Model 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 500W NXE:3300D GL400E 350W NXE:3300C GL200E+ 250W NXE:3300B GL200E 100W Internal Use ETS 1st source delivery GL200E will be delivered to scanner manufacture at Mid Y2011. Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P5
Clean Power Roadmap 13.5nm 600 Output after SPF (Watt) 500 400 300 200 100 100 250 350 500 0 ETS GL200E GL200E+ GL400E EUV model ETS GL200E GL200E+ GL400E Drive laser power kw 10 23 33 40 Conversion efficiency % 3.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 C1 mirror collector angle sr 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 efficiency* % 74 74 74 74 C1 mirror reflectivity % (50) 57 57 57 Optical transmission % 95 95 95 95 SPF (IR, DUV) % N/A** 62 62 62 Total EUV power (after SP W 100 250 350 500 * Against hemisphere (Calculation base) ** w/o SPF Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P6
Basic research test rig Same approach of 13.5 nm development for 6.x nm EUV feasibility study Target Done for 13.56nm Droplet generator improvement To be done for 6.x nm Material selection State, structure optimization Drive laser Property optimization Property selection wavelength, intensity System Debris mitigation Shooting optimization for higher CE Concept proof Mitigation effect confirmation Experimentally CE confirmation Mitigation effect confirmation Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P7
Basic Research Test Rig Compact but sufficient for verification Component HVM Test rig Droplet generator CO2 Laser 100 khz ~30 um 100 khz 20 kw 10Hz ~ 100 um 10 Hz 2.7 W Magnetic field Applied Applied Collector mirror Applied Not applied (EUV sensors at mirror position) Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P8
Outlook Droplet IF direction Drive laser Metrology Metrology Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P9
Metrology in test rig 13.5nm 6.x nm Fragments neutrals ions Method Measured 13.5 nm 6.X nm Witness plates Shadow graph Laser induced Fluorescence (LIF) Faraday cup Diameter Spatial distribution Density Speed Spatial distribution Density Spatial distribution OK OK OK OK To be applied EUV light Flying circus Energy OK OK CO 2 laser Power meter Transparent of CO 2 laser Reflect of CO 2 laser OK OK OK Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P10
13.5 nm EUV experimental results on test rig 13.5 nm study results review on test rig Study for Sn mitigation Study for improving conversion Efficiency Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P11
Sn Mitigation : Experimental Setup 13.5nm Fragment Atom Ion Shadow graph LIF (Laser Induced Fluorescence) Faraday cup A : Perpendicular to B Faraday cup B : Parallel to B TOP VIEW Faraday Cup A Flash light B-field SIDE VIEW B-field Magnet EUV Collector Mirror position Sn Droplet Drive laser Sn Droplet Drive laser EUV Collector Mirror position LIF observation high speed Camera for Shadow graph LIF Laser Faraday Cup B LIF Laser Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P12
Proper pre-pulse condition pre-pulse irradiation Sn Fragment Measurement by Shadow Graph a) without main-pulse laser Main pulse laser / EUV emission after EUV emission 13.5nm Time 100micron 20 micron droplet b) with main-pulse laser EUV/Debris Measurement port sensor EUV Drive laser EUV/Debris Measurement port CCD camera LIF camera Back illuminator Tin droplet Corrector mirror Intermediate focus Completely Vaporization Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P13
Sn Atom Measurement by LIF Remaining atoms was estimated by subtracting w/ CO2 vs. w/o CO2 measurement 1w/o CO2 laser 2w/ CO2 laser 13.5nm Laser 3 mm Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P14
Sn Ion Measurements by Faraday Cups Amount of ion is measured by Faraday cup 13.5nm Faraday cup 1 @ mirror position Magnetic Field Ion number (arb. unit) 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 Amount of ions going to Sn ion catchers Amount of Sn ions not going to ion catchers Drive laser EUV Collector Mirror position Faraday cup 2 @ Sn ion catcher position 0 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Magnetic Field (arb. unit) Proto / Pilot Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P15
Sn Mitigation : Results Summary Sn molecule measurement results pre-pulse laser + CO2 laser irradiation : ionized 93% of Sn Only pre-pulse laser irradiation : ionized 3% of Sn 13.5nm pre-pulse laser + CO2 laser Irradiation Experimental Condition: Same as proto machine only Pre-pulse Irradiation Repetition rate This time Proto Condition Hz 10 100k Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P16
CE Improvement : Experimental Setup Metrology system Flying circus with optics for 13.5 nm 13.5nm Drive laser Wavelength um 10.6 Drive Laser Diode Band Pass Filter Mo/Si Concave Mirror 30 degree Target Energy mj ~270 Repetition rate Hz ~10 Target Material Tin Mirror State Layer Material 20 um Droplet Mo/Si Filter Material Zr Diode Material Si photo diode Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P17
Conversion Efficiency : 13.5nm New champion data of CE = 3.8% (Aug.2011) After CE optimization 3.3% 3.8% (@ pilot condition) 5 Conversion Efficiency vs. CO2 Laser Intensity Final Target Conversion Efficiency (%) 4 3 2 After Optimization Before optimization 1 Proto Pilot 0 CO2 Laser Intensity (arb. unit) Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P18
EUV Output Power : vs. CO2 Input Power 13.5nm Achieving 2.5mJ EUV output which correspond to 250W clean power in test rig With regarding estimated loss from plasma to Intermediate Focusing point 3 300 EUV Clean Energy (mj) 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Pilot Target Proto Target 250 200 150 100 50 0 EUV Clean Power Equivalent to 100kHz Operation (W) Condition for High CE Conventional condition 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 CO 2 Laser Pulse Energy (mj) Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P19
6.x nm EUV experiential results on test rig Laser wavelength dependence Results comparison with 13.5nm results Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P20
Experimental Setup for 6.7 nm EUV Test 6.x nm EUV generation Experiments with different wavelength Using two kind of laser YAG CO2 Drive Laser Diode Band Pass Filter La/B4C Concave Mirror 30 degree Target Drive laser Wavelength um 1.064 10.6 Energy mj ~900 ~185 Intensity W/cm 2 ~10 12 ~10 11 Repetition rate Hz ~10 ~10 Target Material Gadolinium Mirror State Layer Material Bulk φ12.5mm column La/B4C Filter Material Zr Diode Material Si photo diode Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P21
Conversion Efficiency (%/2pai sr/0.6% band width) 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 Gd YAG Gd CO2 Results : Gd excitation for 6.7nm emission 6.x nm CO2 laser : Needed lower intensity to generate 6.x nm compared to YAG laser Gd CO2 YAG laser : higher CE with Gado- Target Material this configuration linium Drive Laser Generated EUV Speculation : EUV Emission Isotropic Radiation Gd YAG Gadolinium State Bulk Bulk Wavelength Wavelength nm 10.6 1064 nm 6.7 6.7 0 1.00E+08 1.00E+09 1.00E+10 1.00E+11 1.00E+12 Laser Intensity (W/cm 2 ) Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P22
Results : YAG Laser Excitation Conversion Efficiency (%/2pai sr/2% or 0.6% band width) 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 Sn YAG Gd YAG 0 1.00E+08 1.00E+09 1.00E+10 1.00E+11 1.00E+12 Laser Intensity (W/cm 2 ) Smaller CE of 6.7nm compared to 13.5nm Needed more drive laser intensity Saturated CE to laser intensity Sn YAG Target Material Tin Drive Laser Generated EUV Gd YAG Gadolinium State Bulk Bulk Wavelength Wavelength 6.x nm 13.5 nm nm 1064 1064 nm 13.5 6.7 Speculation : EUV Emission Isotropic Radiation Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P23
Results : CO2 Laser Excitation 6.x nm 13.5 nm Smaller CE for 6.7nm compared to 13.5 nm EUV Needed Intensity : same order for 13.5 nm & 6.7 nm Sn CO2 Gd CO2 Conversion Efficiency (%/2pai sr/2% or 0.6% band width) 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 Sn CO2 Gd CO2 Target Material Tin Drive Laser Generated EUV Speculation : EUV Emission Isotropic Radiation Gadolinium State Bulk Bulk Wavelength Wavelength um 10.6 10.6 nm 13.5 6.7 0 1.00E+08 1.00E+09 1.00E+10 1.00E+11 1.00E+12 Laser Intensity (W/cm 2 ) Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P24
Summary : Wavelength Comparison 6.x nm Larger YAG laser intensity (X100) compared to CO2 laser for CE ~ 1% of 6.7 nm generation CO2 YAG Target Material Gd State Bulk Center wavelength nm 6.7 Mirror reflection bandwidth nm / % 0.05 / 0.8 Max Conversion Efficiency %/2πsr 2% or 0.6% BW mj/2πsr 2% or 0.6% BW 0.45 0.68 0.83 6.1 Drive Laser Laser Energy mj 185 900 Wavelength um 10.6 1.06 Needed Laser Intensity W/cm 2 ~10 10 ~10 12 Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P25
Summary : Target Comparison with CO2 laser 6.x nm Same order laser intensity of CO2 laser excitation for CE ~ 1% of 6.7 nm generation compared to 13.5 nm CO2 CO2 Target Material Gd Sn State Bulk Bulk Center wavelength nm 6.7 13.5 Mirror reflection bandwidth nm / % 0.05 / 0.8 0.5 / 4 Max Conversion Efficiency %/2πsr 2% or 0.6% BW mj/2πsr 2% or 0.6% BW 0.45 2.6 0.83 0.78 Drive Laser Laser Energy mj 185 30 Wavelength um 10.6 10.6 Needed Laser Intensity W/cm 2 ~10 10 ~10 10 Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P26
Summary : Target Comparison with YAG laser 6.x nm X 10 for YAG laser excitation for CE ~ 1% of 6.7 nm generation compared to 13.5 nm YAG YAG Target Material Gd Sn State Bulk Bulk Center wavelength nm 6.7 13.5 Mirror reflection bandwidth nm / % 0.05 / 0.8 0.5 / 4 Max Conversion Efficiency %/2πsr 2% or 0.6% BW mj/2πsr 2% or 0.6% BW 0.68 1.7 6.1 6.0 Drive Laser Laser Energy mj 900 350 Wavelength um 1.06 1.06 Needed Laser Intensity W/cm 2 ~10 12 ~10 11 Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P27
Discussion 6.7 nm Comparison between 6.7nm excitation and 13.5nm, Needed laser intensity X10 higher Intensity with 1.06um laser excitation May due to necessary of higher temperature to excite 6.7nm EUV Same order with 10.6um laser excitation Same mechanism for Sn+CO2 laser? Optics : Cause of low CE May due to narrower reflection bandwidth of mirror May insufficiently tuned mirror reflection spectrum to a radiation spectrum For YAG Excitation OK, but for CO2 excitation NOK? Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P28
Reference : Radiation Spectrum of Gd by YAG excitation 6.x nm What s new for high power and high CE Laser color dependence Resonant line appearance in low-density plasma Enhancement condition of the 6.7-nm emission Broad band in 6~7 nm 6.7 nm Takeshi Higashiguchi, Utsunomiya univ. 2011 International Workshop on EUV Lithography, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2011 Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P29
Experimental setup : Mirror Reflectivity LaB4C multilayer Narrow band reflectivity compared to 13.5nm mirror Band width 0.8%, 0.054nm (FWHM) 6.x nm Mo/Si mirror for 13.5nm 0.70 0.60 0.054 nm 0.8% 0.50 0. 55 nm 4% Reflectivity 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00 13.00 13.50 14.00 Wavelength (nm) Manufactured by Rigaku Innovative Technologies, Inc. Inspected by CXRO Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P30
Experimental : Diode Detector Sensitivity 6.x nm Silicon p-n junction photodiodes Broad band sensitivity in 6.7 nm region 0.3 Spectral Responsivility (/AW-1) 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 6.7 nm 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Wavelength (nm) Manufactured by Opto Diode Corporation(IRD) Inspected by PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P31
Experimental : Band Pass Filter Transmission Zirconium Filter Uniform spatial distribution 6.x nm Spatial distribution in A-A cross section A A Manufactured by LUXEL Corporation Inspected by CXRO Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Zr filter Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P32
Conclusions 6.x nm Laser intensity CO2 laser excitation preferable with regard to development Needed higher laser intensity for CE ~ 1% of 6.7 nm generation compared to 13.5 nm >X 10 for YAG laser excitation Same order (>X 2) for CO2 laser excitation Optics Needed reflection spectrum tuning to radiation spectrum OK : YAG laser excitation?? : CO2 laser excitation Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P33
Comments 6.x nm We will further investigate target state, structure for higher CE Relatively higher CE reported in other work on 6.x nm EUV emission Utsunomiya University (S40) Osaka University (S29) ISAN (S35) Possibility for higher CE by optimization of target Foil target of ISAN Porous target of Utsunomiya Non optimized bulk target on this work Thus, Key technology for higher efficiency Target state Target supplying method Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P34
Future work Further measurements for 6.x nm EUV emission by LPP Spectroscopy of radiation for optimization to collect EUV light efficiently Spatial distribution of EUV radiation More detailed drive laser property investigation for higher EUV radiation Next Step, Target study Supplying method for continuous operation Molten Gadolinium? Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P35
Acknowledgments Authors appreciate the useful discussion with and advices from, Prof. Akira Endo, Waseda University Prof. Takashi Higashiguchi, Takamitsu Otsuka, Utsunomiya university Nov. 08,2011 KWDL11-537 P36