WO2021028132A1 - Optisches beleuchtungssystem zur führung von euv-strahlung - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an optical lighting system for guiding EUV radiation. Furthermore, the invention relates to an optical system with such an illumination system and projection optics, an optical system with such an illumination system and an EUV light source, a projection exposure system with such an illumination system, a method for producing a micro- or nanostructured component with one of these term projection exposure system and a structured component produced with such a manufacturing method.
- Optical systems for guiding EUV radiation are known from DE 102009 044462 A1, DE 102011 082 065 A1, from DE 10 2017217 867 A1, from US 2015/0049321 A1 and from US 2019/0033723 A1.
- the fact that the EUV useful light is sequentially reflected between the source area and the object field by a plurality of EUV mirror components can be used to apply to at least two of these sequentially in the beam path of the EUV useful light arranged EUV mirror components to be arranged optical Beugungskom components to suppress different stray light wavelengths.
- the two optical diffraction components with the different structure depths are designed to suppress different stray light wavelengths. This enables effective suppression of two different false light wavelengths without the need for one complex optical diffraction component on one of the EUV mirror components, which suppresses both stray light wavelengths at the same time. This reduces the effort involved in suppressing false light.
- the false light can have an infrared wavelength, for example in the range between 800 nm and 12 pm, in particular in the range of 1 pm or in the range between 10 pm and 11 pm.
- the different stray light wavelengths that are suppressed by one of the two optical diffraction components can be the wavelength of a prepulse on the one hand and the wavelength of a main pulse (main pulse) of an EUV plasma source on the other.
- An EUV plasma source with pre-pulse and main pulse is known from WO 2013/107 660 A2.
- the optical diffraction components which are arranged on the at least two EUV mirror components differ from one another.
- Each of the optical diffraction components on the two EUV mirror components has a different false light target wavelength and in particular has exactly one other false light target wavelength.
- Each of the optical diffraction components on the two EUV mirror components can also cover a range of stray light target wavelength ranges in the suppression, the stray light target wavelength ranges of the optical diffraction components differing.
- each of the optical diffraction components can have a different main target wavelength for the stray light, but at the same time also suppress other secondary wavelengths.
- the optical system can also have further EUV mirror components in the EUV useful light beam path between the source area and the object field. In this case, more than two of the EUV mirror components can be equipped with optical diffraction components for suppressing at least two false light wavelengths. It is then also possible to suppress three or more different false light wavelengths.
- the suppression of different stray light wavelengths by the two diffraction gratings results from the different structural depths of the two diffraction gratings, which are each arranged on one of the two EUV mirror components.
- a difference between two diffraction structure levels, which in one of the diffraction gratings for stray light suppression due to destructive interference complement each other in their effect, can be 1/4 or 1/6, where l is the target wavelength to be suppressed or one around the angle of incidence of the one to be suppressed False light on the diffraction grating is the corrected effective target wavelength.
- Ad is the difference between the structure depths of the two diffraction gratings, the respective structure depth denoting the height difference between at least two diffraction structure levels of the respective diffraction grating, which complement each other in their effect for suppressing false light through destructive interference d is the larger of the two Structure depths.
- This difference Ad / d can be greater than 20%, can be greater than 30% and can also be greater than 50%.
- the two diffraction gratings which are each arranged on one of the two EUV mirror components, can also have the same structure depth, but can nevertheless be designed to suppress different false light wavelengths. This can be the case when differences in the angles of incidence of the EUV radiation on these two diffraction gratings on the one hand and the differences between the different false light wavelengths to be suppressed on the other hand exactly equalize each other when designing the structure depths on the two diffraction gratings.
- the optical diffraction component can carry a coating that is highly reflective for the EUV radiation that is used for object illumination, in particular a multilayer coating.
- An embodiment of at least one of the diffraction gratings as a binary grating with two differing diffraction structure levels within a grating period and the same structural section length along a period running direction is comparatively little expensive to manufacture.
- a diffraction grating with at least three differing diffraction structure levels enables a very effective suppression of exactly one stray light target wavelength and / or a suppression of a stray light wavelength range and / or several differing stray light wavelengths.
- Optical diffraction components in the form of diffraction gratings, which have been described, can be used are in DE 10 2019210 450.9 and PCT / EP 2020/050 809.
- a structure depth or a structure level difference of the diffraction structure levels, which complement each other in their false light suppressing effect through destructive interference, can be l / 4 or l / 6 amount.
- the diffraction grating can be divided into four structural sections within one grating period.
- the four structural sections can each have different structural depths from one another.
- a subdivision within the lattice period into four structure sections can be such that two of the four structure sections are designed as neutral structure sections, one of the structure sections as a positive structure section and one of the structure sections as a negative structure section.
- the four structural sections can have the same length along a period running direction.
- the two neutral structural sections can also be combined in one structural section.
- Such a diffraction grating with at least three differing diffraction structure levels leads when used on the EUV collector mirror according to claim 3 to an effective suppression in particular of different pump light wavelengths that can be used for plasma generation within a plasma EUV light source. Only a section of the collector mirror can be provided with such a diffraction grating. Another reflection surface of the EUV collector mirror can be provided without an optical diffraction component or alternatively with a more simply designed diffraction component, for example with a binary grating.
- Designs of the various possible EUV mirror components with a diffraction grating with two differing diffraction structure levels according to claim 4, in particular with a binary grating, enable effective suppression of a false light target wavelength and a wavelength range around this false light target wavelength.
- the production of such a diffraction grating with exactly two diffraction structure levels that differ from one another is comparatively simple.
- All optical diffraction components can e.g. B. designed to suppress various false light wavelengths.
- the false light suppression means that subsequent optical components of the lighting system or a downstream projection system are not undesirably thermally loaded with the false light.
- the optical illumination system can also have a specular reflector.
- a specular reflector is described, for example, in US Pat. No. 8,934,085 B2, in US 2006/0132747 A1, in EP 1 614 008 B1 and in US Pat. No. 6,573,978.
- the optical lighting system can be designed so that at least one reflection section of one of the EUV mirror components within a beam path of the EUV radiation can be acted upon by radiation in an angle of incidence range between a minimum angle of incidence and a maximum angle of incidence.
- One of the above-discussed optical diffraction components for suppressing false light radiation carried along in the beam path can be arranged on the reflection section.
- the optical diffraction component can be designed so that in the entire angle of incidence range the false light radiation is suppressed with a suppression ratio between an intensity of the false light falling on the reflection section and an intensity of the false light emerging from the reflection section in the direction of the beam path, which is better than 1000 This suppression ratio can be better than 10 4 or better than 10 5 .
- the optical system can have at least one facet mirror as an EUV mirror component, the reflection section on which the optical diffraction component is arranged being part of the facet mirror. At least one field facet, at least one pupil facet or also at least one section of a respective facet can be used as such a reflection section which is part of the facet mirror. If one of the facets is implemented by a plurality of correspondingly grouped and interconnected individual mirrors, in particular by MEMS individual mirrors, the reflection section can also be implemented on at least one and in particular on a plurality of such individual mirrors.
- the advantages of an optical system according to claim 9 or 10, a projection exposure system according to claim 11, a manufacturing method according to claim 12 or a micro- or nanostructured component according to claim 13 correspond to those that have already been explained above with reference to the optical illumination system.
- the component can be a semiconductor chip, in particular a memory chip.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a projection exposure system for EUV microlithography
- FIG. 3 shows a view of a facet arrangement of a field facet mirror of the illumination optics of the projection exposure system in the "rectangular field” design
- FIG. 4 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 3, a facet arrangement of another
- FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a facet arrangement of a pupil facet mirror
- FIG. 6 shows a section through an embodiment of an optical grating for a diffractive, false light suppressing effect, a sectional plane being perpendicular to a longitudinal extension of diffraction structures of the optical grating;
- Source area of an EUV light source of the projection exposure system according to FIG. 1, with in particular a diffractive, false light suppressing effect of an optical grating in the embodiment according to FIG. 6 on an EUV collector mirror. is placed, which represents a first, EUV useful light leading component after the EUV source area;
- FIG. 8 shows a further embodiment of an illumination optics with two facet mirrors and a downstream transmission optics with three mirrors;
- FIG. 9 shows, in an illustration basically similar to FIG. 6, a section through a further embodiment of an optical grating as an optical diffraction component for the diffractive, stray light suppressing effect, designed to suppress various stray lengths;
- FIG. 10 shows a plan view of a further embodiment of an optical grating for suppressing different stray light wavelengths with grid-like, rows and columns arranged structure sections, the structure depths are illustrated by specifying corresponding depth values;
- FIG. 11 shows the optical diffraction grating according to FIG. 10, the etching depth regions corresponding to the depth values of FIG. 10 being illustrated by different hatching;
- FIG. 12 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 9, a further embodiment of an optical diffraction grating for suppressing false light, in particular different false light wavelengths, implemented with three diffraction structure levels that differ from one another;
- FIG. 13 in comparison to Fig. 7 more abstractly a meridional section to clarify the angles of incidence of different individual rays, starting from the plasma source area of the EUV light source on the EUV collector to the bundle development to an intermediate focus of a beam path of the EUV radiation fen;
- FIG. 14 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 13, a momentary situation when a pump light prepulse impinges on a plasma-generating medium in the form of a tin droplet in the plasma source area;
- FIG. 15 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 14, a momentary situation when a main pump light pulse hits the plasma-generating medium in the plasma source area;
- FIG. 16 shows an enlarged field facet of the field facet mirror according to FIG. 4 with a beam impinging centrally on the field facet within an EUV beam path of the lighting optics, impinging at a first angle of incidence when the field facet is first tilted;
- FIG. 17 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 16, angle of incidence ratios when the beam hits the field when the field facet is in a different tilted position compared to FIG. 16;
- FIG. 19 shows a plan view of one of the field facets, having an optical diffraction grating of the type of FIG. 11 for suppressing various stray light wavelengths and / or for suppressing stray light in an angle of incidence range between a minimum angle of incidence and a maximum angle of incidence;
- FIGS. 6, 9 and 12 show, in a representation similar to that of FIGS. 6, 9 and 12, a further embodiment of an optical diffraction grating for suppressing false light of exactly one wavelength, designed as a binary grating;
- FIG. 21 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 19, a field facet of the field facet mirror according to FIG. 3, having an optical diffraction grating according to FIG. 20; 22 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 15, beam angle ratios for selected beams of the pump light main pulse in the beam path of an arrangement plane of the field facet mirror;
- FIG. 23 shows a plan view of a pupil facet of a further embodiment of a pupil facet mirror of the illumination optics, having a grating according to FIG. 20;
- FIG. 24 schematically shows a beam path of an illumination or radiation channel of the illumination optics between one of the field facets and one of the pupil facets assigned to them, to illustrate an angle of incidence range on the pupil facet;
- FIG. 25 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 23, a pupil facet, having an optical diffraction grating according to FIG. 11 for suppressing different stray light wavelengths and / or for suppressing stray light in an angle of incidence range between a minimum angle of incidence and a maximum angle of incidence;
- FIG. 26 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 24, the angle of incidence ratios on the pupil facet when a first field facet is assigned to this pupil facet in a first tilted position of this pupil facet;
- FIG. 27 shows the facet arrangement according to FIG. 26, in which another field facet is assigned to the pupil facet and the pupil facet assumes a different tilted position;
- FIGS. 26 and 27 shows an enlarged detail of the beam exposure to the pupil facet in the tilting positions according to FIGS. 26 and 27 to illustrate an entire incidence angle range on the pupil facet due to the different tilting positions and due to an expansion of the field facet;
- FIG. 29 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 22, an embodiment of the illumination optics with field facets on the one hand and pupil facets on the other hand, with some of the field facets facets and some of the pupil facets are designed for false light suppression of a pump light main pulse wavelength;
- FIG. 30 schematically shows a representation of the beam path between a condenser mirror of the illumination optics and an entrance pupil of a projection optics of the projection exposure system for illustrating angles of incidence within the beam path on the condenser mirror;
- FIG. 31 shows a section of a further embodiment of a field facet mirror, made up of a large number of MEMS individual mirrors arranged in a grid and subdivided into modules, with the edge contours of three field facets additionally being Darge, which by corresponding grouping of the MEMS individual mirrors in this embodiment of the Field facet mirror can be formed and correspond in their function to the field facets shown above;
- FIG. 32 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 31, a section of a further embodiment of a pupil facet mirror, the pupil facets of which are in turn formed from MEMS individual mirrors with a corresponding grouping, with edge contours of several of these pupil facets resulting from grouping being shown by way of example.
- a projection exposure system 1 for microlithography is used to produce a micro- or nanostructured electronic semiconductor component.
- a light source 2 emits EUV radiation used for lighting in the wavelength range, for example, between 5 nm and 30 nm.
- the light source 2 can be a GDPP source (gas discharge produced plasma) or an LPP source (plasma generation by laser, laser produced plasma).
- EUV illuminating light or illuminating radiation in the form of an illuminating light bundle or imaging light bundle 3 is used for illumination and imaging within the projection exposure system 1.
- the EUV illuminating light is also referred to as EUV useful light. Exemplary wavelengths for the EUV useful light are 13 nm, 13.5 nm, 6.7 nm, 6.9 nm or 7 nm.
- the imaging light bundle 3 emanates from a source area 4 of the light source 2 and initially strikes a collector 5, which is, for example, a nested collector with a multi-shell structure known from the prior art with mirrors that are exposed to grazing incidence EUV useful light can be operated (cf. the schematic illustration according to FIG. 2), or alternatively around an ellipsoidally shaped collector then arranged behind the light source 2 (cf. the schematic illustration according to FIG. 1 and the illustration according to FIG. 7), can act.
- the EUV illuminating light 3 first passes through an intermediate focal plane 6, which is used to separate the imaging light bundle 3 from undesired radiation or particle components and in particular to separate the imaging light bundle 3 from false light. This separation is explained below by way of example in connection with FIG. 7.
- the imaging light bundle 3 After passing through the intermediate focus plane 6, the imaging light bundle 3 first strikes a field facet mirror 7.
- the field facet mirror 7 is a first facet mirror of the projection exposure system 1 and is part of an illumination optics 9 of the projection exposure system 1.
- the field facet mirror 7 has a plurality of field facets 8 (cf. . Also FIGS. 3 and 4), which are arranged on a first mirror carrier 7a.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 a map sic global xyz coordinate system is shown in the drawing.
- the x-axis in FIGS. 1 and 2 runs perpendicular to the plane of the drawing and out of it.
- the y-axis runs to the right in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the z-axis runs upward in FIGS. 1 and 2.
- a Kar tesian local xyz or xy coordinate system is also used in each of the following figures.
- the respective local xy coordinates span a respective main arrangement plane of the optical component, for example a reflection plane.
- the x-axes of the global xyz coordinate system and the local xyz or xy coordinate systems run parallel to one another.
- the respective y axes of the local xyz or xy coordinate systems have an angle to the y axis of the global xyz coordinate system, which corresponds to a tilt angle of the respective optical component about the x axis.
- the 3 shows an example of a facet arrangement of field facets 8 of the field facet mirror 7 in the “rectangular field” design.
- the field facets 8 are rectangular and each have the same x / y aspect ratio.
- the x / y aspect ratio is greater than 2.
- the x / y aspect ratio can, for example, be 12/5, can be 25/4, can be 104/8, can be 20/1 or can be 30/1.
- the field facets 8 provide a reflection surface of the field facet mirror 7 and are grouped in four columns of six to eight field facet groups 10a, 10b each.
- the field facet groups 10a each have seven field facets 8.
- the two additional edge-side field facet groups 10b of the two middle field facet columns each have four field facets 8.
- the facet arrangement of the field facet mirror 7 has spaces 11 in which the field facets mirror 7 is shaded by retaining spokes of the collector 5. If an LPP source is used as the light source 2, a corresponding shadowing can also result from a tin droplet generator, which is arranged adjacent to the collector 5 and is not shown in the drawing.
- the field facets 8 can be switchable between several different tilt positions, for example switchable between three tilt positions. Depending on the design of the Feldfa cettenapt 7 all or some of the field facets 8 can also be switched between two or more than three different tilt positions.
- each of the field facets is connected to an actuator 12, which is shown extremely schematically in FIG.
- the actuators 12 of all tiltable field facets 8 can be controlled via a central control device 13, which is also shown schematically in FIG. 3.
- the actuators 12 can be designed so that they tilt the field facets 8 by discrete tilt contributions. This can be guaranteed, for example, by tilting between two end stops. Continuous tilting or tilting between a larger number of discrete tilting positions is also possible.
- the imaging light bundle 3 divided into imaging light sub-bundles that are assigned to the individual field facets 8 hits a pupil facet mirror 14 of the illumination optics 9.
- the respective imaging light sub-bundle of the entire imaging light bundle 3 is longitudinal in each case an imaging light channel, the is also known as a radiation channel, as an illumination channel or as a field facet imaging channel.
- FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment “arc field” of a field facet mirror 7.
- Components that correspond to those that have been explained above with reference to the field facet mirror 7 according to FIG. 3 have the same reference numbers and are only explained insofar as they differ from the components of the field facet mirror 7 according to FIG. 3.
- the field facet mirror 7 has a field facet arrangement with curved field facets 8. These field facets 8 are arranged in a total of five columns, each with a plurality of field facet groups 10.
- the field facet arrangement is inscribed in a circular delimitation of the mirror carrier 7 a of the field facet mirror 7.
- the field facets 8 of the embodiment according to FIG. 4 all have the same area and the same ratio of width in the x direction and height in the y direction, which corresponds to the x / y aspect ratio of the field facets 8 of the embodiment according to FIG.
- the pupil facet mirror 14 represents a second facet mirror of the projection exposure system 1.
- the pupil facet mirror 14 is arranged in a pupil plane 16 of the illumination optics 9.
- the pupil facets 15 are arranged on a carrier plate 17 of the pupil facet mirror 14, indicated in FIG. 5 only in a peripheral section.
- the pupil facets 11 are arranged on the pupil facet mirror carrier 17 around a facet arrangement center Z.
- Each imaging light partial bundle of the EUV illuminating light 3, which is reflected by one of the field facets 8, is assigned a pupil facet 15, so that in each case an acted upon pair of facets with exactly one of the field facets 8 and exactly one of the pupil facets 15 form the imaging light channel for the associated Imaging light partial bundle of the EUV illumination light 3 specifies.
- the channel-wise assignment of the pupil facets 15 to the field facets 8 takes place as a function of a desired illumination by the projection exposure system 1
- Each of the field facets can specify 8 different imaging light channels for possible field facet tilt positions.
- the illuminating light partial bundles are guided into an object field 18 of the projection exposure system 1, superimposed on one another, via the field facet imaging channels specified in this way.
- the field facets 8 are imaged in an object plane 21 of the projection exposure system 1 and superimposed in the object field 18 via the pupil facet mirror 14 and a subsequent transmission optics 20 having a condenser mirror 19.
- the transmission optics 20 can also have further EUV mirrors in addition to the condenser mirror 19, for example two, three or even more than three mirrors (cf. also FIG. 8).
- the condenser mirror 19 is indicated as a mirror for grazing incidence.
- the implementation of Fig. 2 shows the condenser mirror 19 as a mirror with an angle of incidence which is smaller than 45 °.
- a variant of the transmission optics 20 in which only the respective pupil facet 15 is responsible for the mapping of the assigned field facet 8 into the object field 18 is also possible. Further components of a transmission optics can be dispensed with if the pupil facet mirror 14 is arranged directly in an entrance pupil of a subsequent projection optics 22.
- the transmission optics 20 can also have several mirrors.
- an object in the form of a lithography mask or a reticle 23 is arranged, from which an illumination area is illuminated with the EUV illumination light 3, in which the object field 18 of the downstream projection optics 22 of the projection exposure system 1 is located.
- the illumination area is also referred to as the illumination field.
- the object field 18 is depending on the specific design of the lighting optics 9 of the Giionsbe lighting system 1 rectangular or arcuate. Field facet images of the field facet imaging channels are superimposed in the object field 18.
- the EUV illumination light 3 is reflected by the reticle 23.
- the reticle 23 is held by an object holder 24 which can be displaced in a driven manner along the displacement direction y with the aid of an object displacement drive 25 shown schematically.
- the projection optics 22 images the object field 18 in the object plane 21 in an image field 26 in an image plane 27.
- a wafer 28 is arranged, which carries a lichtsensli surface layer that is exposed with the projection exposure system 1 during the projection exposure.
- the substrate on which the image is being imaged is held by a wafer or substrate holder 29, which can be displaced along the displacement direction y with the aid of a wafer displacement drive 30, also shown schematically, synchronously with the displacement of the object holder 24.
- a wafer displacement drive 30 also shown schematically, synchronously with the displacement of the object holder 24.
- both the reticle 23 and the wafer 28 are scanned in a synchronized manner in the y-direction.
- the projection exposure system 1 is designed as a scanner.
- the scanning direction y is the direction of the object displacement.
- the field facet mirror 7, the pupil facet mirror 14 and the condenser mirror 19 of the transmission optics 20 are components of the illumination optics 9 of the projection exposure system 1. Together with the projection optics 22, the illumination optics 9 form an illumination system of the projection exposure system 1.
- a respective illumination setting i.e. an illumination angle distribution when illuminating the object field 18, which can be specified via the projection exposure system 1.
- an optical diffraction component 31 designed as an optical grating in each case Suppression of false light radiation with a wavelength different from the EUV useful light 3 is arranged.
- the EUV mirror components between the source area 4 and the object field 18, which are available for the arrangement of the optical diffraction component 31, are the EUV collector 5, the field facet mirror 7, the pupil facet mirror 14 and the condenser 19.
- FIG. 6 shows a side view of the optical diffraction component 31, which is designed as a binary grating with positive diffraction structures 32 (mountains) and negative diffraction structures 33 (tails).
- a grating period P of the optical diffraction component 31 and a structure depth d of the binary grating are matched to false light wavelengths to be suppressed so that the false light is diffracted, for example, in the +/- first diffraction order out of the beam path of the EUV useful light and, for example, via a false light Reflector and / or via a beam dump, so a false light trap, can be removed.
- Fig. 6 shows in a section the periodicity of the diffraction structures 32, 33 of an embodiment of the optical grating 31, which z. B. in the EUV collector 5 can be used.
- a sectional plane according to FIG. 6 runs in an xz plane of the coordinate system shown.
- a grating surface of the optical grating extends parallel to the xy plane in FIG. 6.
- the diffraction structures 32, 33 are cut in FIG. 6 perpendicular to their longitudinal extension y, that is, they extend perpendicular to the plane of the drawing in FIG. 6.
- the diffraction structures 32, 33 of the optical diffraction component 31 are ineffective for the EUV useful light.
- the optical diffraction component 31 is highly reflective for the EUV useful light.
- the binary grating structure of the optical diffraction component 31 has a multilayer coating 34, which can be implemented as a plurality or plurality of alternating individual layers of different materials whose refractive indices and layer thicknesses are matched to the constructive interference of the EUV useful light to be reflected.
- the two facet mirrors 7 and 14 each carry an optical diffraction component 31.
- the grating periods of these two optical diffraction components differ due to the adaptation to different stray light target wavelengths.
- FIG. 7 shows, by way of example, the effect of an optical diffraction component 31 mounted on the collector 5 in the manner of that of FIG. 6 for suppressing false light. Shown is a beam path to and from the source area 4 of the EUV light source 2 and shows in particular re the false light suppressing effect of the EUV collector 5, which in this case is equipped with the optical diffraction component 31, which is not shown to scale in FIG.
- Pump light 35 for example the emission of a CCk laser, is focused in the source area 4 and interacts with a target medium, not shown in detail, which on the one hand EUV useful light 3 with an EUV useful wavelength, for example 6.9 nm or 13 nm, and false light 36 emits with a wavelength deviating from the EUV useful wavelength.
- the wavelength of the pump light 35 has a significant proportion of the false light 36.
- the pump light 35 passes through a passage opening 35 a in the collector 5.
- Both the EUV useful light 3 and the false light 36 are reflected by a mirror surface of the EUV collector 5, which in the embodiment shown carries the optical diffraction component 31.
- the diffraction structures 32, 33 are not shown to scale in FIG. 7.
- the optical grating 31 serves for the diffractive deflection of the false light 36, so that only the EUV useful light 3 passes through an intermediate focus diaphragm 37, which is arranged in the intermediate focus plane 6.
- the intermediate focus plane 6 represents an image plane of the source area 4.
- the mirror surface of the EUV collector 5 is designed with the basic shape of a conic section surface. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the mirror surface has the basic shape of an ellipsoidal surface, in whose one focal point the source area 4 is arranged and in whose other focal point an intermediate focus (IF) 38 lies in the intermediate focal plane 6.
- another EUV mirror component carries a corresponding optical diffraction component 31 according to FIG. 6 for suppressing false light.
- the field facets 8 of the field facet mirror 7 can be provided with corresponding diffraction structures 32, 33.
- the pupil facets 15 of the pupil facet mirror 14 can be provided with corresponding diffraction structures 32, 33 for suppressing false light.
- the condenser mirror 19 can either be of the grazing type 1 or, in the embodiment for reflection with a smaller angle of incidence according to FIG. 2, carry appropriate diffraction structures 32, 33 for suppressing false light.
- At least two of the EUV mirror components 5 are provided with an optical diffraction component 31 with corresponding diffraction structures for suppressing false light.
- the effect of the optical rule's diffraction component 31 on the field facet mirror 7 and / or on the Pupillenfacet tenspiegel 14 and / or on the condenser mirror 19 corresponds, apart from the interpretation to be explained below on a different false light wavelength, the one that was described above in connection with the Fig. 7 and the collector 5 has been described.
- the optical diffraction component 31 attached there diffracts false light with a wavelength deviating from the EUV useful light from the beam path of the EUV useful light.
- the optical diffraction components 31, which are attached to at least two of the different EUV mirror components 5, 7, 14, 19, are designed to suppress different stray light wavelengths.
- the optical diffraction component 31 can be designed to suppress false light of a wavelength of a main pulse of the light source 2 designed as an EUV plasma source.
- the optical diffraction component 31 on at least one further EUV mirror component, for example on the field facet mirror 7, can then be used to suppress a different false light wavelength, e.g. B. that of a prepulse of the EUV plasma source.
- the wavelength of the main pulse can be 10.6 pm, for example.
- the wavelength of the prepulse can be 10.2 pm, for example.
- Each of the optical diffraction components 31 on the various EUV mirror components 5, 7, 14, 19 can have precisely its own target wavelength for suppressing false light.
- each of these optical diffraction components 31 can have its own main target wavelength on the various EUV mirror components 5, 7, 14, 19, but can also suppress further secondary wavelengths in addition.
- the other of the EUV mirror Components in the beam path between the source area 4 and the object field 18 can be designed without such optical diffraction components.
- FIG. 8 A further embodiment of a projection exposure system 1, again with illumination optics, is described below with reference to FIG. 8. Components and functions that correspond to those that have already been explained above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 have the same reference numbers and are not discussed again in detail.
- the transmission optics 20 has a total of three EUV mirrors 19a, 19b and 19c for mapping the field facets of the field facet mirror 7 into the object plane 21.
- the two EUV mirrors 19a, 19b are NI (normal incidence mirrors designed with an angle of incidence of the illuminating light 3 that is smaller than 45 °.
- the EUV mirror 19c is designed as a Gl (Grazing Incidencej mirror with an angle of incidence of the illuminating light 3 greater than 45 °.
- the transmission optics 20 with the mirrors 19a, 19b and 19c can also provide for an imaging of an illumination pupil plane in the area of an arrangement plane of the pupil facet mirror 14 in an entrance pupil of the projection optics 22. Basically, such a construction of an illumination optics is known from DE 10 2015 208 571 A1.
- the two EUV mirrors 19a and 19b each carry one of the optical diffraction components 31 for suppressing the different EUV target wavelengths, that is to say for suppressing false light.
- Two other of the EUV mirror components 7, 14, 19a, 19b and 19c can also carry corresponding optical diffraction components 31 in other variants of these illumination optics 9 according to FIG.
- Variants in which more than two or all of the EUV mirror components 7, 14, 19a, 19b and 19c have corresponding optical diffraction components 31, of which at least two have their own target wavelength for stray light suppression, are also possible. What has already been explained above about the explanations according to FIGS. 1 to 7 applies accordingly.
- a first direction of incidence of the illuminating light 3 after reflection on the collector 5 can, as shown in the embodiment according to FIG. 1, take place obliquely from above or, as shown in FIG. 8, take place obliquely from below.
- a direction of incidence for example, right from above or vertically from below is possible, which is then transferred accordingly by the respective illumination optics 9 in the direction of incidence for illuminating the object field 18.
- FIG. 9 shows a further embodiment of an optical diffraction component 40 in a sectional illustration which is comparable to that according to FIG.
- the diffraction grating 40 has the following diffraction structure levels within a grating period P along a period running direction R which runs parallel to the x-direction: NI with structure depth 0, N2 with structure depth dv, N3 with structure depth dh and N4 with structure depth dv + dh .
- NI structure depth
- N2 with structure depth dv
- N3 with structure depth dh
- N4 with structure depth dv + dh .
- the same structure depth difference dv is present between the levels NI and N2 on the one hand and N3 and N4 on the other hand.
- the diffraction grating 40 thus has a total of four diffraction structure levels NI to N4 which differ in terms of their structure depth.
- the levels NI to N4 are structural sections of the diffraction grating 40, the extent of which along the direction R is in each case P / 4.
- the diffraction grating 40 can be used to suppress various false light wavelengths l ⁇ , l2, for example suppression of a wavelength l ⁇ of a pump light prepulse of the plasma light source 2 of, for example, 10.2 pm on the other hand Wavelength l2 of a main pump light pulse from light source 2, for example 10.6 pm.
- the different diffraction structure levels NI to N4 lie next to one another along the direction R of travel.
- the diffraction grating 40 can occur in place of one of the optical diffraction components that were explained above.
- the diffraction grating 40 can be equipped with additional components and functions, for example with a multilayer coating in accordance with what has already been explained above in relation to the other diffraction gratings. This also applies accordingly to the diffraction grating designs described below.
- FIG. 10 shows a further embodiment of an optical diffraction component in the form of a diffraction grating 41, which can be used in particular instead of the diffraction grating 40 according to FIG. 9.
- the diffraction grating 41 is subdivided into structure sections with diffraction structure levels NI, N4, the structure depths of which correspond to those which have already been explained above in connection with FIG.
- diffraction grating 41 two gratings with periods PI and P2 with running directions in the x-direction (grating period PI) and the y-direction (grating period P2) are superimposed.
- the result is a grid-like or chessboard-like arrangement of the diffraction structure levels NI to N4, which can be understood as an intermingling of 2x2 grid cells, of which one of these grid cells 42 is highlighted in FIG.
- This grid cell 42 has the following structure level NI with structure depth 0 in the first row and on the right the diffraction structure level N2 with structure depth dv and in the second row on the left the diffraction structure level N3 with structure depth dh and on the right the diffraction structure -Level N4 with structure depth dh + dv.
- a diffraction effect of the diffraction grating 41 can in turn be used to suppress false light from several different false light wavelengths.
- Fig. 11 shows an alternative representation of the diffraction grating 41 to illustrate the grid arrangement of the different diffraction structure levels NI to N4.
- the diffraction gratings 40 and 41 can be produced by two sequential etching processes. At the location of the diffraction structure levels NI there is no etching by using appropriate masks, at the location of the diffraction structure levels N2 and N4 with structure depth dv and at the location of the diffraction structure levels N3 and N4 with structure depth dh, with corresponding masks again being used come and wherein only the diffraction structure levels N4 are subjected to both etching steps, so that there the total structure depth ie + dv is generated.
- dv can be in the range of 2.65 mih
- ie can be in the range of 2.55 gm.
- the partial grating with the structure depth difference dv can thus be used to suppress the false light wavelength 10.6 gm and the partial grating with the structure depth difference, ie, to suppress the false light wavelength 10.2 gm.
- the diffraction grating in particular the diffraction grating 41, can be designed with a structure depth varying over an area of the respective EUV mirror component. This structure depth variation can take place in the form of a gradation or also continuously.
- FIG. 12 shows, in a representation similar to FIG. 9, a further embodiment of an optical diffraction component in the form of a diffraction grating 40a, which can be used alternatively or in addition to the diffraction grating 40 or the other diffraction gratings explained above.
- the diffraction grating 40a has a total of three types of diffraction structure levels NI, N2 and N3 within a grating period P, which within the grating period P along the running direction R each have a structure section length of P / 4.
- the diffraction structure level NI is designed as a neutral structure section.
- the diffraction structure level N2 is designed as a positive structure section whose structure depth differs from the neutral structure section NI by a value dl.
- the diffraction structure level N3 is designed as a negative structure section whose structure depth differs from that of the neutral structure section NI by a value d2.
- the structure depths d1 and d2 can differ, but can also be identical.
- the sequence of the diffraction structure levels can be NI, N2, NI and N3.
- Another sequence of the diffraction structure levels is also possible, the neutral structure section NI having a total of twice the length, namely P / 2.
- the different structure depths can be used to suppress different, close to should be designed to optimize a total false light suppression.
- a diffraction grating with two structure depths dv, ie or dl, d2 can be used, which are designed for wavelengths 10.59 pm and 10.61 pm and which, for example 2.6475 pm and 2.6525 pm.
- a diffraction grating with more than two diffraction structure levels can also be used to improve a suppression bandwidth if only one target wavelength is to be suppressed in order to improve an angle of incidence tolerance.
- the etching depths dv, ie or dl, d2 of the gratings 40, 40a, 41 can be a quarter of the false light wavelength to be suppressed.
- FIG. 13 This dependence on the angle of incidence is illustrated with reference to FIG. There is shown a beam away from two different false light beams 36i, 36 2 , for example the pump light prepulse. Entry of the pump light through a passage opening not shown in FIG. 13 (cf. passage opening 35a in FIG. 7) in collector 5 is not shown in FIG. 13.
- the false light beam 36i results from the back reflection of the pump light prepulse towards the reflective surface of the collector 5, the back reflection taking place in the source area 4.
- the back-reflected false light beam 36i hits the reflective surface of the collector 5 vertically, i.e. at an angle of incidence of 0 °, and is reflected from there, if no false light suppression takes place, to the intermediate focus 38, where it passes through the source area 4.
- the further false light beam 36 2 which is shown in FIG. 13, is deflected from the source area 4 at a deflection angle of almost 90 ° towards the reflective surface of the collector 5 and hits the reflective surface of the collector 5 at an angle of incidence ⁇ of about 30 ° on.
- a adapted structure depths dv, ie before when the collector 5 is equipped with an optical diffraction component for suppressing false light, for example the diffraction grating 41 with the respective Incidence angle a adapted structure depths dv, ie before.
- the etching depths ie, dv must be increased accordingly to the cosine of the angle of incidence.
- FIG. 14 illustrates the irradiation conditions within the plasma light source 2 when the pumping light pre-pulse 35i hits the plasma-generating medium in the form of a tin droplet 44.
- the pumping light pre-pulse 35i passes through the opening 35a of the collector 5 and runs along the rotational symmetry axis 43 and in the swelling area 4 meets the tin droplet 44, which moves in a direction of movement 45 perpendicular to the axis of rotational symmetry 43.
- the irradiation conditions of the main pump light pulse 35 2 which arrives in the source region 4 after the tin droplet 44 has been vaporized by the prepulse.
- the main pump light pulse 35 2 strikes the tin droplet 44 off-center, so that the main pump light pulse 35 2 is reflected by the tin droplet 44 mainly in the direction of an eccentric collector section 46 of the collector 5.
- the roisrab section 46 has an area that is smaller than, for example, a tenth of the total reflection area of the collector 5. Both within the meridional plane, i.e. the plane of the drawing in FIG. 15, and in the circumferential direction around the rotational symmetry axis 43, the collector section 46 is limited. A similar effect can occur if the tin droplet 44 is hit on the optical axis, but the tin droplet does not have an exactly spherical shape.
- the collector 5 can be designed so that a first type of an optical diffraction component, for example a first grating type, is present in the collector section 46 and the other reflective surface of the collector 5 is provided with a second type of an optical diffraction component, for example with a second grating type, is equipped.
- a first type of an optical diffraction component for example a first grating type
- the other reflective surface of the collector 5 is provided with a second type of an optical diffraction component, for example with a second grating type
- the other reflection surface of the collector 5 can also be equipped without a diffraction component for suppressing false light.
- the first type of grating can be designed as a multiple grating in the manner of the diffraction gratings 40, 40a, 41 for both the pre-pulse and the main pulse wavelength.
- the first type of grating can be designed exclusively to suppress the main pulse wavelength.
- the second type of grating outside the collector section 46 can only be used to suppress the pre-pulse wavelength, or it can also be designed as a multiple grating for both wavelengths. Any variants of these two grid types on the one hand in the voidorab section 46 and on the other hand in the other reflective surface area of the collector 5 are possible, please include.
- this grating can in particular be designed as a binary grating in the manner of the optical diffraction component 31.
- the different types of grids that can be used in the different surface sections of the reflective surface of the collector 5 can be optimized, depending on the false light to be expected, to suppress it and / or to optimize its reflectivity for the EUV useful light .
- a diffraction grating adapted to the angle of incidence with regard to false light suppression is an example of the implementation of an optical diffraction component such that in an entire angle of incidence range between a minimum angle of incidence and a maximum angle of incidence the False light radiation is suppressed.
- a suppression ratio between an intensity of the false light incident on the diffraction grating and an intensity of the false light emerging in the direction of the beam path for the EUV useful radiation can be better than 1000 and can in particular be better than 10 4 or 10 5 .
- FIG. 16 shows one of the field facets 8 of the field facet mirror 7 according to FIG. 4.
- An incident light beam which can be illuminating light 3i and / or false light 16i and which is guided along the beam path of the illuminating optics 9, hits a center 8 Z of the field facet 8 at an angle of incidence ai to a normal N onto the reflection surface of the field facet 8 in the region of the center 8 Z.
- FIG. 17 shows the field facet 8 in a tilted position in comparison to FIG. 16, into which the field facet was tilted by actuating the actuator 12 assigned to it. In this tilted position according to FIG. 17, the light beam 3i, 16i impinges on the reflection surface of the field facet 8 at an angle of incidence 012 which is greater than that of the angle of incidence ai according to FIG.
- the angles of incidence ai , ⁇ 12 are shown greatly exaggerated in FIGS. 16 and 17.
- the angle of incidence ai can be, for example, 8 ° and the angle of incidence ⁇ 12 °.
- the field facet 8 can be used to suppress these effective wavelengths, which are in the range between 10.3 pm and 10.84 pm, with a diffraction grating 40, 40a, 41 in the manner of FIGS. 9 to 12 with more than two diffraction structure levels
- Suppression of several false light wavelengths can be carried out, for example, the design can be such that the first of the false light wavelengths to be suppressed is nominally 10.30 pm and the second of the false light wavelengths to be nominally suppressed is nominally 10.84 pm .
- Etching depths dh, dv or dl, d2 can then be 2.575 pm and 2.709 pm.
- a distance a between the intermediate focus 38 and an arrangement plane of the field facet mirror 7, illustrated by a single field facet 8, can be in the range of 1,500 mm.
- An x extension b of the respective field facet can be 75 mm.
- This angle of incidence variation can also be taken into account when designing the structure depths d or di of the diffraction gratings.
- the diffraction grating can in particular be designed in such a way that the etching depths di vary over the reflection surface of the field facet 8.
- FIG. 19 shows one of the field facets, having a diffraction grating of the type of diffraction grating 41.
- the grating periods PI, P2 of the diffraction grating 41 are smaller than the extensions xo, yo of the field facet 8 in the x and y directions. This ensures a sufficient diffraction efficiency of the diffraction grating 41 on the field facet 8 in the case of false light suppression by destructive interference.
- An orientation angle O between the period running directions RI, R2 and the coordinates x, y of the field facet 8 can be in the range between 10 ° and 80 °, in particular in the range between 20 ° and 70 ° and, for example, 30 ° or 60 °.
- an orientation of the period running direction to the scanning Direction y each run at an orientation angle of 90 ° and / or at an orientation angle different from 0 °.
- a two-stage grating in particular in the form of a binary grating, can be used.
- An embodiment of such a binary grating is described above in connection with FIG. 6 been explained.
- the 20 shows a further embodiment of an optical diffraction component for suppressing false light in the form of a diffraction grating 47 in the form of a binary grating.
- a structure depth or etching depth d Between the positive diffraction structures 32 and the negative diffraction structures 33 there is a structure depth or etching depth d.
- the result is a structure depth d of 2.691 pm.
- FIG. 21 shows a field facet 8 in the manner of the field facets of the field facet mirror according to FIG. 3, equipped with the diffraction grating 47 according to FIG. 20.
- the period running direction R of the diffraction grating 47 closes with the x coordinate of the field facet 8 in turn an orientation angle O of about 30 °.
- the ratio xo / P between the x extension xo of the field facet 8 and the period P of the diffraction grating 47 is approximately 5/1.
- Not all field facets of the field facet mirror 7 have to be equipped in the same way with optical diffraction components for suppressing false light.
- only a subgroup of all field facets 8 within an arrangement sub-area 48 of the field facets 8 of the field facet mirror 7 can be designed with a diffraction grating for suppressing the pump light wavelength.
- the arrangement sub-area 48 illustrates the selection of the arrangement sub-area 48 within an entire facet arrangement area of the field facet mirror 7.
- the arrangement sub-area 48 is specified so that it detects those field facets 8 which are in the area of the beam path of the Pump light main pulse 35 2 lie.
- the field facets lying in the arrangement sub-area 48 are in turn equipped with an optical diffraction component, for example with the diffraction grating 47 according to FIG. 20, to suppress the wavelength of the main pump light pulse.
- Other field facets outside the arrangement sub-area 48 can be equipped with other types of field facets that either do not have an optical diffraction component for suppressing false light or have other types of optical diffraction components which in particular have a higher reflectivity for the EUV useful light 3.
- FIG. 23 shows a pupil facet 15 which can be used instead of the round pupil facets in the pupil facet mirror 14 according to FIG. 5.
- the pupil facet 15 according to FIG. 23 in turn carries an optical diffraction component for suppressing false light.
- this is the binary diffraction grating 47, which has already been described above in connection with FIGS. 20 and 21.
- a period running direction R runs at an orientation angle O, which can be, for example, 30 °, to the x coordinate.
- a typical diameter of the pupil facet 15 is about five to ten times as large as the grating period P of the diffraction grating 47.
- the pupil facets 15 can also be equipped with optical diffraction components in the form of diffraction gratings, in which an angle of incidence range between a minimum and a maximum angle of incidence of the incident radiation is taken into account.
- FIG. 24 shows part of a beam path of an illumination or illumination channel between one of the field facets 8 and a pupil facet 15 assigned to it.
- Two individual rays 3i, 16i and 3j, 16j emanating from opposite edge regions of the field facets 8 are shown by way of example. These individual rays mark the edges of an angle of incidence interval Da of angles of incidence on the pupil facet 15 mrad and 50 mrad, i.e. in the range of about 2 °.
- This angle of incidence interval and the resulting angle of incidence range between a minimum angle of incidence and a maximum angle of incidence on the pupil facet 15 can in the Design of an optical diffraction component with which the pupil facet 15 is equipped, for example an embodiment of a diffraction grating according to the variants described above, are taken into account, as already explained above in connection with the equipment of the field facets 8.
- FIG. 25 shows one of the pupil facets 15 with a diffraction grating 41 of the type that was explained above in connection with FIGS. 10 and 11.
- Running directions RI, R2 are again tilted with respect to the x and y coordinates of the pupil facet 15, as has already been explained above in connection with the field facet 8 of FIG.
- a ratio between a period PI, P2 and a typical diameter of the pupil facet 15 can be in the range between 1/3 and 1/15.
- the pupil facets 15 can basically be tilted, as explained below with reference to FIGS. 26 to 28.
- the tiltable pupil facet 15 according to FIG. 26 has, comparable to the tiltable field facets 8, a tilt actuator 49 which is in operative connection with the respective pupil facet 15.
- FIG. 26 shows a first illumination channel assignment between a field facet 8i of the field facet mirror 7 and the pupil facet 15.
- the pupil facet 15 is in a first tilted position for reflecting the illumination light 3 that is guided over this illumination channel.
- a first angle of incidence interval results due to the expansion of the field facet 8i in accordance with what has already been explained above in connection with FIG.
- FIG. 27 shows another facet assignment in which the pupil facet 15 is assigned a different field facet 8 2 via an illumination channel for guiding the illumination light 3.
- the pupil facet 15 is then in a different tilted position compared to FIG. 26, which leads to a different angle of incidence interval of the illuminating light 3 incident on the pupil facet 15 and of the false light that may be carried along.
- FIG. 28 shows the resulting total angle of incidence interval Das, which occurs in the design of the switchable or tiltable pupil facet 15 based on the tilt positions according to FIGS. 26 and 27 must be considered.
- This total angle of incidence interval can be in the range between 4 ° and 15 °.
- FIG. 29 shows an expansion of the concept “facets with different diffraction grating types”, which was explained above in connection with FIG.
- correspondingly assigned pupil facet types 15i, 15j can be used, which likewise differ in the diffraction suppression type.
- the field facets 8i which in the example according to FIG. 29 are arranged within the arrangement sub-area 48 of the field facet mirror 7, can be assigned the pupil facets 15 via corresponding illumination channels 3i, the optical diffraction components of which are designed to suppress the main pump light pulse wavelength.
- the grating types i, j what was stated above in connection with the grating types 1 and 2 (first and second grating types) of the diffraction grating of the reflector 5 according to FIG. 15 can apply.
- the condenser mirror 19 can also be provided with an optical diffraction component in the form of a diffraction grating, the suppression effect of which is designed for an angle of incidence range of the incident radiation between a minimum angle of incidence and a maximum angle of incidence.
- FIG. 30 shows a geometrical representation of part of the beam path of the EUV radiation as well as the possibly entrained false light radiation between the condenser mirror 19 and an entrance pupil 50 of the projection optics 22.
- the reticle 23 is located between the condenser mirror 19 and the entrance pupil 50.
- the entrance pupil 50 can also have a different position relative to the condenser mirror 19 and to the reticle 23 than shown in FIG.
- marginal rays 3 RS of the EUV beam path are shown dashed, which pass through the edge point pairs of the reticle 23 and the entrance pupil 50 in the meridional section shown in FIG.
- Exemplary individual rays 3i are shown in solid line in FIG. 30, which emanate from exactly one specific point 19i on the condenser mirror and are parts of the EUV beam path as well as the minimum angle of incidence and the maximum angle of incidence. represent kel on the condenser mirror 19.
- the two rays 3i are therefore a measure of an angle of incidence range which must be covered for false light suppression by an optical diffraction component, in particular one of the variants of the optical diffraction gratings discussed above, for false light suppression.
- FIG. 31 shows a section of a field facet mirror 51 which can be used instead of the field facet mirror 7 explained above within the illumination optics 9 of the projection exposure system 1.
- the illustrated section of a facet arrangement of Feldfacet tenaptapt 51 is divided into a total of six individual mirror modules 52 1 1 to 52 2 3 , the indexing 52F showing the position of the individual mirror module 52, J within a grid of i-rows and j-columns .
- Each of the individual mirror modules 52 in turn has an IOcIO grid of individual mirrors 53, which can be designed as MEMS individual mirrors.
- the number of individual mirrors 53 of each individual mirror module 52 can also be larger and the individual mirrors can be arranged in a 25 ⁇ 25 grid, for example.
- three field facets 8i, 82 and 83 which are also referred to as virtual field facets, can be generated via the illustrated section of field facet mirror 51, at least for the most part, by grouping and interconnecting the individual mirrors 53 of the various individual mirror modules 52F.
- Each of the individual mirror modules 52 can be equipped with its own optical diffraction component for suppressing false light in accordance with what has already been explained above in connection with the other field facet variants.
- an angle of incidence range of the false light on the respective individual mirror module 52F can be estimated or calculated in advance.
- FIG. 32 again shows six individual mirror modules 52F of a pupil facet mirror 54, which can be used instead of the pupil facet mirror 14 in the lighting optics 9 of the projection exposure system 1.
- pupil facets 15i can be generated, which are indicated in FIG. 32 by a hexagonal assignment. Even when using the individual mirrors.
- -Modules 52F as Components of the pupil facet mirror 54, these individual mirror modules 52, J can in turn be equipped with optical diffraction components in the manner of the diffraction gratings explained above for suppression of false light.
- a specular reflector can also be used in which, in particular, a second facet element, which is used after a facet element like the field facet mirror, is not arranged in the area of a pupil plane of the illumination optics.
- a specular reflector is described, for example, in US Pat. No. 8,934,085 B2, in US 2006/0132747 A1, in EP 1 614 008 B1 and in US Pat. No. 6,573,978.
- Second facets can also be used when using such a specular reflector that are equipped with an optical component Beugungskom in the manner of one of the diffraction gratings described above for false light suppression.
- the EUV mirror components described above can be provided over the entire surface with at least one optical diffraction component for suppressing false light or, alternatively, only in sections of their respective reflection surface.
- the facet mirror is equipped with an optical diffraction component, it is possible not to equip all facets in the same way or also not to equip some facets with an optical diffraction component.
- the EUV mirror components or also individual or all facets can also be provided with an optical diffraction component only in sections.
- the projection exposure system 1 is used as follows: First, the reflection mask 23 or the reticle and the substrate or the wafer 28 are provided. Subsequently, a structure on the article 23 is projected onto a light-sensitive layer of the wafer 28 with the aid of the projection exposure system 1. By developing the light-sensitive layer, a micro- or nanostructure is then generated on the wafer 28 and thus the micro-structured component.
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