Fluctuation of laser-induced x-rays from electron beam and plasma

Akira Endo

doi:10.1117/12.498880

16 May 2003 Fluctuation of laser-induced x-rays from electron beam and plasma

Akira Endo

Proceedings Volume 5111, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498880
Event: SPIE's First International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Abstract

There has been a significant progress in the X-ray generation technologies for various laboratory and production application by laser-Compton scheme and laser produced plasma. Femtosecond X-ray generation was performed by Compton scattering through interaction between a 3-ps electron beam and 100-fs laser photons in a 90 degree scattering configuration. The X-ray energy and pulse duration were estimated as 2.3keV and 280fs from the observed electron and laser beam parameters. The fluctuation of the X-ray output was measured as 25% rms during a 30-min operation, and analyzed as a function of fluctuations of parameters like timing between the electron and laser beam, electron beam charge, laser beam energy, pulse widths, and spatial stability. Further reduction of the fluctuation is possible by improvement of timing stability down to 100fs region. All optical synchronization scheme was proposed and component technologies are under development. The novel scheme employs optical control of linear accelerator and femtosecond lasers by optical locking of lasing between different laser oscillators. Two mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers of different wavelengths were precisely synchronized by a simple feedback system employing sum frequency generation. The measured rms timing jitter between two lasers was 28fs. Clean EUV light source is strongly demanded for next generation lithography, with 13.5nm, 2%bw, 100W and high pulse stability of less than 1%. The most promising approach is to employ a liquid Xe jet of 10-30 micron-meter diameter as the plasma source with high repetition rate solid state laser. The laser pulse energy usually fluctuates more than a few % and liquid jet fluctuates of the position up to 10% of the diameter. Higher repetition rate plasma generation causes acoustic instability inside the liquid jet. All these obstacles prevent to achieve the desired EUV stability. Discussion will be given on these issues and new architecture is proposed to achieve a clean and stable EUV light source.

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Akira Endo "Fluctuation of laser-induced x-rays from electron beam and plasma", Proc. SPIE 5111, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics, (16 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498880

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