Optical element having a coating for influencing heating radiation and optical arrangement
11112543 · 2021-09-07
Assignee
Inventors
- Boris Bittner (Roth, DE)
- Norbert Wabra (Werneck, DE)
- Holger Schmidt (Aalen, DE)
- Ricarda Schoemer (Zusmarshausen, DE)
- Sonja Schneider (Oberkochen, DE)
Cpc classification
G03F7/70266
PHYSICS
G03F7/70958
PHYSICS
G21K1/067
PHYSICS
International classification
G02B27/00
PHYSICS
G21K1/06
PHYSICS
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an optical element, including: a substrate, a first coating, which is disposed on a first side of the substrate and is configured for reflecting radiation having a used wavelength (λ.sub.EUV) in the EUV wavelength range, and a second coating, which is disposed on a second side of the substrate, for influencing heating radiation that is incident on the second side of the substrate. The disclosure also relates to an optical arrangement having at least one such optical element.
Claims
1. An optical element, comprising: a substrate having first and second sides; a first coating supported by the first side of the substrate; and a second coating supported by the second side of the substrate, wherein: the substrate comprises a glass; the first coating reflects EUV radiation; the second coating transmits radiation at a first wavelength; the second coating comprises a member selected from the group consisting of an absorbing layer that absorbs radiation having a second wavelength and a transmitting layer that transmits radiation having the second wavelength; the first wavelength is in a range selected from the group consisting of the visible range and the infrared range; the second wavelength is in a range selected from the group consisting of the visible range and the infrared range; the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength; and the optical element is an EUV mirror.
2. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the second coating further comprises an anti-reflecting layer that suppresses reflection of radiation at the second wavelength, and the absorbing layer is between the substrate and the anti-reflection layer.
3. The optical element of claim 2, wherein a maximum absorbance of the absorbing layer is at wavelengths of more than 1500 nm.
4. The optical element of claim 3, wherein a maximum suppression of the anti-reflection layer is at wavelengths of more than 1500 nm.
5. The optical element of claim 2, wherein a maximum suppression of the anti-reflection layer is at wavelengths of more than 1500 nm.
6. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the absorbing layer has a maximum transmission at wavelengths less than 1500 nm.
7. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a material that is at least partially absorbent for radiation at the second wavelength.
8. The optical element of claim 7, wherein the substrate comprises a material that is at least partially transparent for radiation at the first wavelength.
9. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a material that is at least partially transparent for radiation at the first wavelength.
10. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the second coating further comprises an anti-reflecting layer that suppresses reflection of radiation at the first wavelength and at the second wavelength, and the transmitting layer is between the substrate and the anti-reflection layer.
11. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the glass comprises a silicate glass.
12. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the glass comprises a quartz glass.
13. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the glass comprises a TiO.sub.2-doped quartz glass.
14. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the glass comprises a glass ceramic.
15. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the second coating comprises an absorbing layer that absorbs radiation having the second wavelength.
16. The optical element of claim 1, wherein the second coating comprises a transmitting layer that transmits radiation having the second wavelength.
17. An arrangement, comprising: an optical element according to claim 1; and a light source configured to generate radiation at a wavelength in a range selected from the group consisting of visible radiation and infrared radiation, wherein the second coating is between the light source and the substrate.
18. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein: the arrangement comprises a plurality of light sources in a grid-type arrangement; and for each light source, the second coating is between the light source and the substrate.
19. The arrangement of claim 18, wherein the arrangement is an EUV lithography apparatus.
20. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the arrangement is an EUV lithography apparatus.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) Exemplary embodiments are illustrated in the schematic drawing and are explained in the following description, in which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
(7) Identical reference signs are used in the following description of the drawings for components that are the same or functionally the same.
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(9) The EUV coating 3 has a coating 3b (what is known as an HR coating) which reflects EUV radiation 5 at a used wavelength λ.sub.EUV. Applied on the reflective coating 3b is additionally a cover layer or a cover layer system (what is known as a cap coating 3c), which is intended to protect the entire EUV coating 3 against oxidation or corrosion, for example if the EUV mirror 1 is cleaned by way of a hydrogen plasma. The cap coating 3c is arranged adjacently to an optical surface 6 of the EUV mirror 1, which forms the boundary surface of the EUV mirror 1 with the environment.
(10) The reflective coating 3b has a plurality of individual layers (not illustrated in
(11) The EUV coating 3 of
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(13) The second coating 4 has an absorbing layer 4a, which is applied in the example shown directly to the bottom side 2b of the substrate 2 and which has absorbing properties for the heating radiation 9 at the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H. The material of the absorbing layer 4a can be, for example, a layer of germanium (Ge). Germanium is sufficiently transparent up to a wavelength of approximately 1.5 μm, in particular between 400 nm and 1000 nm. An anti-reflection layer 4b which serves for suppressing the reflection of the heating radiation 9 at the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H is applied onto the absorbing layer 4a. The anti-reflection layer 4b can be, for example, a multilayer coating or a layer stack, for example the following layer stack: (1Si 4.981Si.sub.3N.sub.4){circumflex over ( )}5. Details relating to this layer stack can be gathered from the patent application DE 102014204171.6, which is incorporated in the content of this application with respect to this aspect.
(14) In the shown example, the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H is within the IR range at approximately 2000 nm, with typical values for the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H being between approximately 2000 nm and 2100 nm or between 2300 nm and 2500 nm. The material of the absorbing layer 4a is selected such that the absorptance has a maximum in the above-stated wavelength range of more than 1.5 μm. However, since materials exist which have strongly absorbing properties for electromagnetic radiation over a wide wavelength range, it is not absolutely necessary for the absorbing layer 4a to have a maximum of its absorbance A.sub.1H within the above-stated wavelength range.
(15) The material of the anti-reflection layer 4b and the layer thickness thereof are selected such that an anti-reflective effect sets in within the above-stated wavelength range, i.e. for the anti-reflection layer 4b, the suppression of the reflection R.sub.1H of the heating radiation 9 is at a maximum at the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H. In place of an individual anti-reflection layer 4b, an anti-reflection coating can also be formed on the second coating 4, i.e. a plurality of anti-reflection layers 4b which together have an anti-reflective effect.
(16) The heating radiation 9 serves for thermally influencing the EUV mirror 1, more specifically for generating a targeted location-dependent heat introduction into the absorbing layer 4a in order to produce a desired temperature profile in the proximity of the bottom side 2b of the substrate 2 or within the substrate volume which adjoins it. The desired temperature profile typically corresponds to a thermal profile which runs counter to the thermal profile produced in the region of the bottom side 2b of the substrate 2 due to the presence of the heat sink 21, with the result that, in the ideal case, in total, a temperature is established in the substrate 2 which is constant over the entire bottom side 2b.
(17) Accordingly, homogenization of the temperature distribution can also be effected at the upper side 2a of the substrate 2 by irradiating the upper side 2a of the substrate 2 with additional heating radiation 14 which is typically generated by a plurality of further heating light sources 15. In the example shown, the heating wavelength λ.sub.1H of the further heating light sources 15 corresponds to the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H, although this is not absolutely necessary.
(18) During operation, EUV radiation 5 is incident on the EUV mirror 1, the intensity distribution of which varies in a location-dependent manner over the optical surface 6 and is generally not constant over time. The intensity distribution of the EUV radiation 5 which varies in a location-dependent manner results in a locally differing heat introduction at the upper side 2a of the EUV mirror 1, and thus in a temperature distribution which is not spatially or temporally constant. The further heating radiation 14 serves for counter-heating, that is to say those regions in which the substrate 2 or the EUV coating 3 has a comparatively low temperature are additionally heated to homogenize the temperature distribution and to obtain, in the ideal case, a constant temperature on the optical surface 6 overall.
(19) In the example illustrated in
(20) The second coating 4, more specifically the layer 4a which absorbs the heating radiation 9 at the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H, is transparent for the second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H. The heating radiation 11 at the second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H is transmitted by the substrate 2 and absorbed at the EUV coating 3. If the absorption by the EUV coating 3 is not sufficient, an additional absorbing layer or coating, for example a metallic layer, can be provided, if appropriate, on the side thereof which faces the substrate 2.
(21) In the ideal case, the anti-reflection layer 4b is configured such that the suppression of the reflection is maximum both for heating radiation 9 of the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H and for heating radiation 11 of the second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H. If appropriate, the layer 4a, which transmits both the heating radiation 11 at the second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H, can also serve as an anti-reflection layer for the second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H and possibly for the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H, such that the provision of an additional anti-reflection layer can be dispensed with.
(22) In one alternative exemplary embodiment illustrated in
(23) The second coating 4 has an anti-reflection coating or an anti-reflection layer 4b, which serves both for suppressing the reflection of the heating radiation 9 at the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H and for suppressing the reflection of the heating radiation 11 at the second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H. If appropriate, it is also possible to dispense with the provision of the transparent layer 4a′. The second heating wavelength λ.sub.2H can be selected to be between approximately 2650 nm and approximately 2800 nm, or between approximately 4000 nm and approximately 10 000 nm, in particular between 4500 nm and 5500 nm. According to the preceding example, the first heating wavelength λ.sub.1H can be between approximately 2000 nm and approximately 2100 nm, and between approximately 2300 nm and approximately 2500 nm.
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(28) Whereas in the examples shown in
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(30) The EUV mirror 1, shown in
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(32) In the devices 20, which are described further above in connection with
(33) As an alternative to the devices 20, which are shown further above in connection with
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(35) The structured object M may be for example a reflective mask, which has reflective and non-reflective, or at least much less reflective, regions for producing at least one structure on the object M. Alternatively, the structured object M may be a plurality of micro-mirrors, which are arranged in a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional arrangement and which are possibly movable about at least one axis, in order to set the angle of incidence of the EUV radiation 104 on the respective mirror.
(36) The structured object M reflects part of the illumination beam 104 and forms a projection beam path 105, which carries the information about the structure of the structured object M and is radiated into a projection lens 120, which produces a projected image of the structured object M or of a respective partial region thereof on a substrate W. The substrate W, for example a wafer, includes a semiconductor material, for example silicon, and is arranged on a mounting, which is also referred to as a wafer stage WS.
(37) In the present example, the projection lens 120 has six reflective optical elements 121 to 126 (mirrors) in order to produce an image of the structure that is present on the structured object M on the wafer W. The number of mirrors in a projection lens 120 typically lies between four and eight; however, only two mirrors may also possibly be used.
(38) In order to achieve a high imaging quality in the imaging of a respective object point OP of the structured object M onto a respective image point IP on the wafer W, highest desired properties are imposed on the surface form of the mirrors 121 to 126; and the position or the alignment of the mirrors 121 to 126 in relation to one another and in relation to the object M and the substrate W also involves precision in the nanometre range. Each of the EUV mirrors 121 to 126 can be configured as described further above in connection with
(39) In the projection lens 120, illustrated in
(40) It is additionally possible for one or more sensors for capturing the temperature of the EUV mirror 126 or of the optical surface 6 and/or the temperature of the substrate 2 of the EUV mirror 126 to be arranged in the EUV lithography apparatus 101, so that the device 20 for thermal influencing can effect regulation of a location-dependent heat introduction into the EUV mirror 126 in order to produce in a targeted fashion a desired location- and time-dependent heat introduction in the EUV mirror 126, with the result that the temperature distribution of the EUV mirror 126 is homogenized.
(41) Additionally or alternatively, it is also possible for the EUV mask 130 to be thermally influenced by way of a device 20, as is illustrated in
(42) It is to be understood that the EUV mirrors 1, described further above, or the devices 20 for thermal influencing, can also be advantageously used in other optical systems for the EUV wavelength range, for example in inspection systems for EUV masks.