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11. 发明授权

US06801560B2 Line selected F2 two chamber laser system 失效
公开(公告)号：US06801560B2
公开(公告)日：2004-10-05
申请号：US10056619
申请日：2002-01-23
申请人： David S. Knowles , Daniel J. W. Brown , Richard L. Sandstrom , German E. Rylov , Eckehard D. Onkels , Herve A. Besaucele , David W. Myers , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Igor V. Fomenkov , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Richard M. Ness , Scott T. Smith , William G. Hulburd
发明人： David S. Knowles , Daniel J. W. Brown , Richard L. Sandstrom , German E. Rylov , Eckehard D. Onkels , Herve A. Besaucele , David W. Myers , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Igor V. Fomenkov , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Richard M. Ness , Scott T. Smith , William G. Hulburd
IPC分类号： H01S322
CPC分类号： H01S3/2366 , G01J9/00 , G03F7/70025 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70575 , G03F7/70933 , H01S3/0057 , H01S3/0071 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/038 , H01S3/0385 , H01S3/0387 , H01S3/0404 , H01S3/041 , H01S3/08 , H01S3/08004 , H01S3/08009 , H01S3/08036 , H01S3/0943 , H01S3/097 , H01S3/09702 , H01S3/09705 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/0975 , H01S3/104 , H01S3/105 , H01S3/1305 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/139 , H01S3/22 , H01S3/2207 , H01S3/223 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/2251 , H01S3/2256 , H01S3/2258 , H01S3/2333
摘要： An injection seeded modular gas discharge laser system capable of producing high quality pulsed laser beams at pulse rates of about 4,000 Hz or greater and at pulse energies of about 5 mJ or greater. Two separate discharge chambers are provided, one of which is a part of a master oscillator producing a very narrow band seed beam which is amplified in the second discharge chamber. The chambers can be controlled separately permitting separate optimization of wavelength parameters in the master oscillator and optimization of pulse energy parameters in the amplifying chamber. A preferred embodiment in a F2 laser system configured as a MOPA and specifically designed for use as a light source for integrated circuit lithography. In the preferred MOPA embodiment, each chamber comprises a single tangential fan providing sufficient gas flow to permit operation at pulse rates of 4000 Hz or greater by clearing debris from the discharge region in less time than the approximately 0.25 milliseconds between pulses. The master oscillator is equipped with a line selection package for selecting the strongest F2 spectral line.

12. 发明授权

US6034978A Gas discharge laser with gas temperature control 有权
标题翻译：气体放电激光器采用气体温度控制
公开(公告)号：US6034978A
公开(公告)日：2000-03-07
申请号：US310872
申请日：1999-05-12
申请人： Richard C. Ujazdowski , Robert A. Shannon , Dmitry Berger , William N. Partlo , Tom A. Watson , Paul S. Thompson , Toshihiko Ishihara , Carl E. Tedesco, II , Donald G. Larson , Steven M. Harrington , Richard G. Morton , James H. Azzola , I. Roger Oliver , Thomas P. Duffey , Igor V. Fomenkov
发明人： Richard C. Ujazdowski , Robert A. Shannon , Dmitry Berger , William N. Partlo , Tom A. Watson , Paul S. Thompson , Toshihiko Ishihara , Carl E. Tedesco, II , Donald G. Larson , Steven M. Harrington , Richard G. Morton , James H. Azzola , I. Roger Oliver , Thomas P. Duffey , Igor V. Fomenkov
IPC分类号： H01S3/225 , G03F7/20 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/041 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/04
CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/036
摘要： A gas discharge laser with fast response gas temperature control to maintain laser gas temperature within desired limits during burst mode operation. Preferred embodiments include a passive temperature stabilizer having fins with surface areas exposed to flowing laser gas at least equal to the surface area of the cooling fins of a laser gas heat exchanger. Preferred embodiments utilize heating elements and coolant flow control to regulate laser gas temperatures using processors programmed to anticipate idle periods.
摘要翻译：一种具有快速响应气体温度控制的气体放电激光器，用于在脉冲串模式操作期间将激光气体温度保持在期望的限度内。优选实施例包括具有散热片的被动温度稳定器，其表面积暴露于至少等于激光气体热交换器的冷却片的表面积的流动激光气体。优选实施例利用加热元件和冷却剂流量控制来调节激光气体温度，使用编程为预期空闲周期的处理器。

13. 发明授权

US07218661B2 Line selected F2 two chamber laser system 失效
标题翻译：线选F2双腔激光系统
公开(公告)号：US07218661B2
公开(公告)日：2007-05-15
申请号：US10854614
申请日：2004-05-25
申请人： David S. Knowles , Daniel J. W. Brown , Richard L. Sandstrom , German E. Rylov , Eckehard D. Onkels , Herve A. Besaucele , David W. Myers , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Igor V. Fomenkov , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Richard M. Ness , Scot T. Smith , William G. Hulburd
发明人： David S. Knowles , Daniel J. W. Brown , Richard L. Sandstrom , German E. Rylov , Eckehard D. Onkels , Herve A. Besaucele , David W. Myers , Alexander I. Ershov , William N. Partlo , Igor V. Fomenkov , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Richard M. Ness , Scot T. Smith , William G. Hulburd
IPC分类号： H01S3/22
CPC分类号： H01S3/2366 , G01J9/00 , G03F7/70025 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70575 , G03F7/70933 , H01S3/0057 , H01S3/0071 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/038 , H01S3/0385 , H01S3/0387 , H01S3/0404 , H01S3/041 , H01S3/08 , H01S3/08004 , H01S3/08009 , H01S3/08036 , H01S3/0943 , H01S3/097 , H01S3/09702 , H01S3/09705 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/0975 , H01S3/104 , H01S3/105 , H01S3/1305 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/139 , H01S3/22 , H01S3/2207 , H01S3/223 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/2251 , H01S3/2256 , H01S3/2258 , H01S3/2333
摘要： An injection seeded modular gas discharge laser system capable of producing high quality pulsed laser beams at pulse rates of about 4,000 Hz or greater and at pulse energies of about 5 mJ or greater. Two separate discharge chambers are provided, one of which is a part of a master oscillator producing a very narrow band seed beam which is amplified in the second discharge chamber. The chambers can be controlled separately permitting separate optimization of wavelength parameters in the master oscillator and optimization of pulse energy parameters in the amplifying chamber. A preferred embodiment in a F2 laser system configured as a MOPA and specifically designed for use as a light source for integrated circuit lithography. In the preferred MOPA embodiment, each chamber comprises a single tangential fan providing sufficient gas flow to permit operation at pulse rates of 4000 Hz or greater by clearing debris from the discharge region in less time than the approximately 0.25 milliseconds between pulses. The master oscillator is equipped with a line selection package for selecting the strongest F2 spectral line.
摘要翻译：一种注射种子模块化气体放电激光系统，其能够以约4,000Hz或更大的脉冲速率和约5mJ或更大的脉冲能量产生高质量的脉冲激光束。提供两个单独的放电室，其中之一是主振荡器的一部分，其产生在第二放电室中放大的非常窄的带状晶体束。可以单独控制室，允许主振荡器中的波长参数的单独优化和放大室中的脉冲能量参数的优化。配置为MOPA并被专门设计用作集成电路光刻的光源的F 2 N 2激光系统中的优选实施例。在优选的MOPA实施例中，每个腔室包括单个切向风扇，其通过在比脉冲之间的大约0.25毫秒更短的时间内清除来自放电区域的碎屑来提供足够的气流以允许以4000Hz或更高的脉冲速率操作。主振荡器配备有用于选择最强的F 2/2谱线的线选择包。

14. 发明授权

US5991324A Reliable. modular, production quality narrow-band KRF excimer laser 失效
标题翻译：可靠。模块化，生产质量好的窄带KRF准分子激光器
公开(公告)号：US5991324A
公开(公告)日：1999-11-23
申请号：US41474
申请日：1998-03-11
申请人： David S. Knowles , James H. Azzola , Herve A. Besaucele , Palash P. Das , Alexander I. Ershov , Igor V. Fomenkov , Tibor Juhasz , Robert G. Ozarski , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Tom A. Watson , Richard M. Ness
发明人： David S. Knowles , James H. Azzola , Herve A. Besaucele , Palash P. Das , Alexander I. Ershov , Igor V. Fomenkov , Tibor Juhasz , Robert G. Ozarski , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Tom A. Watson , Richard M. Ness
IPC分类号： H01S3/038 , G03F7/20 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/1055 , H01S3/139 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/22
CPC分类号： G01J9/0246 , G03F7/70025 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70358 , G03F7/70558 , G03F7/70575 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/1055 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/1392
摘要： A reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band KrF excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses at 1000 Hz with a bandwidth of about 0.6 pm or less. The present invention is especially suited to long-term round-the-clock operation in the lithographic production of integrated circuits. Improvements over prior art lasers include a single upstream preionizer tube and acoustic baffles. A preferred embodiment includes reduced fluorine concentration, an anode support bar shaped to reduce aerodynamic reaction forces on blower bearings, a modified pulse power system providing faster pulse rise time, an output coupler with substantially increased reflectivity, a line narrowing module with CaF prism beam expanders, a more accurate wavemeter, a laser computer controller programmed with new and improved pulse energy control algorithm.
摘要翻译：一种可靠，模块化，生产质量好的窄带KrF准分子激光器，能够以1000Hz的频率产生10mJ的激光脉冲，带宽约为0.6μm或更小。本发明特别适用于集成电路的平版印刷生产中的长期全天候操作。现有技术的激光器的改进包括单个上游预分解器管和声学挡板。优选的实施例包括减少的氟浓度，阳极支撑杆形状以减小鼓风机轴承上的空气动力反作用力，改进的脉冲电源系统提供更快的脉冲上升时间，输出耦合器具有显着增加的反射率，具有CaF棱镜扩束器的线窄化模块，更准确的波长计，激光计算机控制器编程，具有新的改进的脉冲能量控制算法。

15. 发明授权

US06442181B1 Extreme repetition rate gas discharge laser 有权
标题翻译：极端重复率气体放电激光
公开(公告)号：US06442181B1
公开(公告)日：2002-08-27
申请号：US09684629
申请日：2000-10-06
申请人： I. Roger Oliver , William N. Partlo , Richard M. Ness , Richard L. Sandstrom , Stuart L. Anderson , Alex P. Ivaschenko , James K. Howey , Vladimir Kulgeyko , Jean-Marc Hueber , Daniel L. Birx
发明人： I. Roger Oliver , William N. Partlo , Richard M. Ness , Richard L. Sandstrom , Stuart L. Anderson , Alex P. Ivaschenko , James K. Howey , Vladimir Kulgeyko , Jean-Marc Hueber , Daniel L. Birx
IPC分类号： H01S310
CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70333 , G03F7/70483 , G03F7/70575 , G03F7/70933 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/038 , H01S3/0385 , H01S3/0404 , H01S3/041 , H01S3/08036 , H01S3/097 , H01S3/09702 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/0975 , H01S3/104 , H01S3/105 , H01S3/1055 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/22 , H01S3/2207 , H01S3/225 , H03K3/57 , H03K17/80
摘要： A gas discharge laser capable of operating at pulse rates in the range of 4,000 Hz to 6,000 Hz at pulse energies in the range of 5 mJ to 10 mJ or greater. Important improvements over prior art designs include: (1) a laser chamber having a gas flow path with a gradually increasing cross section downstream of the discharge electrodes to permit recovery a large percentage of the pressure drop in the discharge region, (2) a squirrel cage type fan for producing gas velocities through the discharge region of more than 76 m/s and capable of continuous trouble-free operation for several months, (3) a heat exchanger system capable of removing in excess of 16 kw of heat energy from the laser gas (4) a pulse power system capable of providing precisely controlled electrical pulses to the electrodes needed to produce laser pulses at the desired pulse energies in the range of 5 mJ to 10 mJ or greater at pulse repetition rates in the range of 4,000 Hz to 6,000 Hz or greater and (5) a laser beam measurement and control system capable of measuring pulse energy wavelength and bandwidth on a pulse-to-pulse laser with feedback pulse-to-pulse control of pulse energy and wavelength.
摘要翻译：一种气体放电激光器，能够以5mJ至10mJ或更大的脉冲能量在4000Hz至6,000Hz的脉冲频率下工作。与现有技术设计相比，重要的改进包括：（1）具有在放电电极下游具有逐渐增加的横截面的气体流动路径的激光室，以允许在放电区域中恢复大部分的压降，（2）松鼠通过排气区域超过76m / s产生气体速度的笼式风扇，能够连续无故障运行数月，（3）能够从其中除去超过16kw的热能的热交换器系统激光气体（4）脉冲电力系统，能够在脉冲重复频率为4,000Hz时以5mJ至10mJ或更大的范围内以期望的脉冲能量产生激光脉冲所需的电极提供精确控制的电脉冲至6,000Hz以上，（5）激光束测量和控制系统，其能够测量脉冲到脉冲激光器上的脉冲能量波长和带宽，其中反馈脉冲至脉冲控制脉冲能量和波长。

16. 发明授权

US06330261B1 Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate ArF excimer laser 有权
标题翻译：可靠，模块化，生产质量好的窄带高分辨率ArF准分子激光器
公开(公告)号：US06330261B1
公开(公告)日：2001-12-11
申请号：US09271041
申请日：1999-03-17
申请人： Toshihiko Ishihara , Thomas P. Duffey , John T. Melchior , Herve A. Besaucele , Richard G. Morton , Richard M. Ness , Peter C. Newman , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom
发明人： Toshihiko Ishihara , Thomas P. Duffey , John T. Melchior , Herve A. Besaucele , Richard G. Morton , Richard M. Ness , Peter C. Newman , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom
IPC分类号： H01S300
CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 , C23C14/0694 , C23C14/16 , C23C14/225 , C23C14/24 , G01J9/00 , G02B1/105 , G02B5/1852 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70358 , G03F7/70558 , G03F7/70575 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/08009 , H01S3/097 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/09713 , H01S3/1055 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/1392 , H01S3/223 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/2251 , H01S3/2256 , H03K3/57 , H03K17/80
摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses in the range of 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz with a full width half, maximum bandwidth of about 0.6 pm or less. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber, a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved commutation module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.
摘要翻译：本发明提供了一种可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器，其能够产生1000Hz至2000Hz范围内的10mJ激光脉冲，全宽度为一半，最大带宽为约0.6μm或更小。可更换模块包括激光室，由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。这些改进包括增加容量的高压电源，具有用于精确调整电压的电压降低电路，改进的换向模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

17. 发明授权

US6018537A Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate F.sub.2 laser 有权
标题翻译：可靠，模块化，生产质量窄带高倍率F2激光
公开(公告)号：US6018537A
公开(公告)日：2000-01-25
申请号：US273446
申请日：1999-03-19
申请人： Thomas Hofmann , Jean-Marc Hueber , Palash P. Das , Toshihiko Ishihara , Thomas P. Duffey , John T. Melchior , Herve A. Besaucele , Richard G. Morton , Richard M. Ness , Peter C. Newman , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom
发明人： Thomas Hofmann , Jean-Marc Hueber , Palash P. Das , Toshihiko Ishihara , Thomas P. Duffey , John T. Melchior , Herve A. Besaucele , Richard G. Morton , Richard M. Ness , Peter C. Newman , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom
IPC分类号： G01J9/00 , G03F7/20 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/08 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/223 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/10
CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 , G01J9/00 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70358 , G03F7/70558 , G03F7/70575 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/223 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/08009 , H01S3/09713 , H01S3/2251 , H01S3/2256
摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses in the range of 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz or greater. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber; a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved commutation module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.
摘要翻译：本发明提供了可产生1000Hz至2000Hz或更大范围内的10mJ激光脉冲的可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器。可更换模块包括激光室; 由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。这些改进包括增加容量的高压电源，具有用于精确电压调整的电压降低电路，改进的换向模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

18. 再颁专利

USRE38054E1 Reliable, modular, production quality narrow-band high rep rate F2 laser 失效
标题翻译：可靠，模块化，生产质量窄带高倍率F2激光
公开(公告)号：USRE38054E1
公开(公告)日：2003-04-01
申请号：US09801383
申请日：2001-03-07
申请人： Thomas Hofmann , Jean-Marc Hueber , Palash P. Das , Toshihiko Ishihara , Thomas P. Duffey , John T. Melchior , Herve A. Besaucele , Richard G. Morton , Richard M. Ness , Peter C. Newman , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom
发明人： Thomas Hofmann , Jean-Marc Hueber , Palash P. Das , Toshihiko Ishihara , Thomas P. Duffey , John T. Melchior , Herve A. Besaucele , Richard G. Morton , Richard M. Ness , Peter C. Newman , William N. Partlo , Daniel A. Rothweil , Richard L. Sandstrom
IPC分类号： H01S310
CPC分类号： C23C14/225 , C23C14/0694 , C23C14/16 , C23C14/24 , G01J9/00 , G02B1/105 , G02B5/1852 , G03F7/70025 , G03F7/70041 , G03F7/70358 , G03F7/70558 , G03F7/70575 , H01S3/02 , H01S3/03 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/08009 , H01S3/097 , H01S3/0971 , H01S3/1055 , H01S3/134 , H01S3/1392 , H01S3/223 , H01S3/225 , H01S3/2251 , H01S3/2256 , H03K3/57 , H03K17/80
摘要： The present invention provides a reliable modular production quality excimer laser capable of producing 10 mJ laser pulses in the range of 1000 Hz to 2000 Hz or greater. Replaceable modules include a laser chamber; a pulse power system comprised of three modules; an optical resonator comprised of a line narrowing module and an output coupler module; a wavemeter module, an electrical control module, a cooling water module and a gas control module. Important improvements have been provided in the pulse power unit to produce faster rise time and improved pulse energy control. These improvements include an increased capacity high voltage power supply with a voltage bleed-down circuit for precise voltage trimming, an improved communication module that generates a high voltage pulse from the capacitors charged by the high voltage power supply and amplifies the pulse voltage 23 times with a very fast voltage transformer having a secondary winding consisting of a single four-segment stainless steel rod. A novel design for the compression head saturable inductor greatly reduces the quantity of transformer oil required and virtually eliminates the possibility of oil leakage which in the past has posed a hazard.
摘要翻译：本发明提供了可产生1000Hz至2000Hz或更大范围内的10mJ激光脉冲的可靠的模块化生产质量准分子激光器。可更换模块包括激光室; 由三个模块组成的脉冲电源系统; 光学谐振器，包括线窄模块和输出耦合器模块; 波形计模块，电气控制模块，冷却水模块和气体控制模块。在脉冲功率单元中已经提供了重要的改进，以产生更快的上升时间和改进的脉冲能量控制。这些改进包括具有用于精确调整电压的电压降低电路的增加容量的高压电源，改进的通信模块，其从由高压电源充电的电容器产生高电压脉冲，并用脉冲电压放大23次具有由单个四段不锈钢棒组成的次级绕组的非常快速的电压互感器。用于压缩头可饱和电感器的新颖设计大大减少了所需的变压器油的数量，并且几乎消除了过去漏油的可能性。

19. 发明授权

US06317447B1 Electric discharge laser with acoustic chirp correction 有权
标题翻译：具有声啁啾校正的放电激光器
公开(公告)号：US06317447B1
公开(公告)日：2001-11-13
申请号：US09490835
申请日：2000-01-25
申请人： William N. Partlo , Igor V. Fomenkov , Jean-Marc Hueber , Zsolt Bor , Eckehard D. Onkels , Michael C. Cates , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Dmitri V. Gaidarenko
发明人： William N. Partlo , Igor V. Fomenkov , Jean-Marc Hueber , Zsolt Bor , Eckehard D. Onkels , Michael C. Cates , Richard C. Ujazdowski , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Dmitri V. Gaidarenko
IPC分类号： H01S322
CPC分类号： G03F7/70025 , G03F7/70575 , G03F7/708 , H01S3/036 , H01S3/038 , H01S3/0381 , H01S3/0382
摘要： Methods and structural changes in gas discharge lasers for minimizing wavelength chirp at high pulse rates. Applicants have identified the major cause of wavelength chirp in high pulse rate gas discharge lithography lasers as pressure waves from a discharge reflecting back to the discharge region coincident with a subsequent discharge. The timing of the arrival of the pressure wave is determined by the temperature of the laser gas through which the wave is traveling. During burst mode operation, the laser gas temperature in prior art lasers changes by several degrees over periods of a few milliseconds. These changing temperatures change the location of the coincident pressure waves from pulse to pulse within the discharge region causing a variation in the pressure of the laser gas which in turn affects the index of refraction of the discharge region causing the laser beam exiting the rear of the laser to slightly change direction. This change in beam direction causes the grating in the LNP to reflect back to the discharge region light at a slightly different wavelength causing the wavelength chirp. Solution to the problem is to include in the laser chamber structural elements to moderate or disperse the pressure waves and to maintain the laser gas temperature as close as feasible to constant values.
摘要翻译：气体放电激光器的方法和结构变化，以最大限度地减少高脉冲波长啁啾。申请人已经确定了在高脉冲气体放电光刻激光器中的波长啁啾的主要原因，因为从反射回到放电区域的放电的压力波与随后的放电一致。压力波的到达时间由波浪行进的激光气体的温度决定。在突发模式操作期间，现有技术的激光器中的激光气体温度在几毫秒的时间内改变了几度。这些变化的温度改变了放电区域内重合压力波从脉冲到脉冲的位置，导致激光气体的压力变化，这反过来影响放电区域的折射率，导致激光束离开激光稍微改变方向。光束方向的这种变化导致LNP中的光栅以稍微不同的波长反射回到放电区域，导致波长啁啾。解决问题的方法是在激光室结构元件中包括中压或分散压力波，并将激光气体温度保持在尽可能接近的恒定值。

20. 发明授权

US07643528B2 Immersion lithography laser light source with pulse stretcher 有权
标题翻译：浸没光刻激光光源带脉冲担架
公开(公告)号：US07643528B2
公开(公告)日：2010-01-05
申请号：US11973671
申请日：2007-10-10
申请人： William N. Partlo , Alexander I. Ershov , German Rylov , Igor V. Fomenkov , Daniel J. W. Brown , Christian J. Wittak , Rajasekhar M. Rao , Robert A. Bergstedt , John Fitzgerald , Richard L. Sandstrom , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Robert N. Jacques , Ed Danielewicz , Robin Swain , Edward Arriola , Michael Wyatt , Walter Crosby
发明人： William N. Partlo , Alexander I. Ershov , German Rylov , Igor V. Fomenkov , Daniel J. W. Brown , Christian J. Wittak , Rajasekhar M. Rao , Robert A. Bergstedt , John Fitzgerald , Richard L. Sandstrom , Vladimir B. Fleurov , Robert N. Jacques , Ed Danielewicz , Robin Swain , Edward Arriola , Michael Wyatt , Walter Crosby
IPC分类号： H01S3/22
CPC分类号： H01S3/0057 , G03F7/70341 , G03F7/70583
摘要： An apparatus and method which may comprise a pulsed gas discharge laser which may comprise a seed laser portion; an amplifier portion receiving the seed laser output and amplifying the optical intensity of each seed pulse; a pulse stretcher which may comprise: a first beam splitter operatively connected with the first delay path and a second pulse stretcher operatively connected with the second delay path; a first optical delay path tower containing the first beam splitter; a second optical delay path tower containing the second beam splitter; one of the first and second optical delay paths may comprise: a plurality of mirrors defining the respective optical delay path including mirrors located in the first tower and in the second tower; the other of the first and second optical delay paths may comprise: a plurality of mirrors defining the respective optical delay path including mirrors only in one of the first tower and the second tower.
摘要翻译：一种可包括可包括种子激光器部分的脉冲气体放电激光器的装置和方法; 接收种子激光输出并放大每个种子脉冲的光强度的放大器部分; 脉冲展开器，其可以包括：与第一延迟路径可操作地连接的第一分束器和与第二延迟路径可操作地连接的第二脉冲展开器; 包含第一分束器的第一光学延迟路径塔; 包含第二分束器的第二光学延迟路径塔; 第一和第二光学延迟路径中的一个可以包括：多个反射镜，其限定相应的光学延迟路径，包括位于第一塔架和第二塔架中的反射镜; 第一和第二光学延迟路径中的另一个可以包括：多个反射镜限定相应的光学延迟路径，其仅包括在第一塔架和第二塔架之一中的镜子。

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