Experimental stand for studying the characteristics of powerful laser-plasma sources of EUV radiation
Perekalov A. A.1, Guseva V. E.1, Nechay A. N.1, Chkhalo N. I.1, Veprev P. A.1, Artyukhov A. I.1
1Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Email: perekalov@ipmras.ru

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The design and characteristics of a setup for studying powerful laser-plasma sources of extreme ultraviolet radiation are described. A pulsed Nd:YAG- laser with a pulse duration of 5.2 ns, pulse energy of up to 0.7 J and a pulse repetition rate of 10 Hz is used to form a laser spark. A supersonic gas jet of Xe formed by a conical nozzle equipped with a pulse valve. The diameter of the critical section of the nozzle is 500 μm, the length is 5 mm, the half-angle of the cone aperture is 4.5o. To study high-power laser-plasma sources, it is planned to equip the setup with conical nozzles with a critical section diameter of 200-300 μm without a pulse valve and a laser system with a pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz and higher. A high-performance pumping system with a total capacity of 9000 l/s allows maintaining a high vacuum level and conducting research in conditions close to the operating conditions of radiation sources for the new generation of lithographs being designed. Keywords: laser plasma, EUV radiation, gas-jet targets, conversion efficiency.
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