Nanometer interface and materials control for multilayer EUV-optical applications

E Louis, AE Yakshin, T Tsarfati, F Bijkerk - Progress in Surface Science, 2011 - Elsevier
An overview is given of the progress in thin film and surface physics involved in multilayered
systems with nanometer scale periodicity. When properly engineered, these enable the …

Improved reflectance and stability of Mo-Si multilayers

S Bajt, JB Alameda, TW Barbee Jr, WM Clift… - Optical …, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Commercial EUV lithographic systems require multilayers with higher reflectance and better
stability than those published to date. This work represents our effort to meet these …

Localized defects in multilayer coatings

DG Stearns, PB Mirkarimi, E Spiller - Thin Solid Films, 2004 - Elsevier
We present a non-linear continuum model of the growth of localized defects in multilayer
coatings nucleated by particles on the substrate. The model is valid when the deposition and …

High-performance Mo-Si multilayer coatings for extreme-ultraviolet lithography by ion-beam deposition

E Spiller, SL Baker, PB Mirkarimi, V Sperry… - Applied …, 2003 - opg.optica.org
An ion-beam deposition system has been used to fabricate Mo-Si multilayer coatings for
masks and imaging optics to be used for extreme-ultraviolet lithography. In addition to high …

System integration and performance of the EUV engineering test stand

DA Tichenor, AK Ray-Chaudhuri… - Emerging …, 2001 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Engineering Test Stand (ETS) is a developmental lithography tool designed to
demonstrate full-field EUV imaging and provide data for commercial-tool development. In …

Development and testing of EUV multilayer coatings for the atmospheric imaging assembly instrument aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory

R Soufli, DL Windt, JC Robinson… - Solar Physics and …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present experimental results on the development and testing of the extreme ultraviolet
(EUV) reflective multilayer coatings that will be used in the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly …

Sub-diffraction-limited multilayer coatings for the 0.3 numerical aperture micro-exposure tool for extreme ultraviolet lithography

R Soufli, RM Hudyma, E Spiller, EM Gullikson… - Applied …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
Multilayer coating results are discussed for the primary and secondary mirrors of the micro-
exposure tool (MET): a 0.30 NA lithographic imaging system with a 200 μm× 600 μm field of …

Design and fabrication of broadband EUV multilayer mirrors

T Kuhlmann, SA Yulin, T Feigl, N Kaiser… - Emerging …, 2002 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Multilayer mirrors with a significantly increased bandwidth in spectral and angular
reflectance have been designed and deposited with a commercial magnetron sputtering …

Multilayer X-ray optics

AV Vinogradov - Quantum electronics, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
q308tretyakov 941..944 Page 1 Quantum Electronics SPECIAL ISSUE DEVOTED TO THE
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF ACADEMICIAN NG BASOV'S BIRTH Multilayer X-ray optics To cite …

Multilayer coatings for EUV/soft x-ray mirrors

S Yulin - Optical interference coatings, 2003 - Springer
The demand to enhance optical resolution has pushed the search for technological
innovations and improvements. Induced mainly by this aim, optics development in recent …