Infrared suppression by hybrid EUV multilayer-IR etalon structures

TitleInfrared suppression by hybrid EUV multilayer-IR etalon structures
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsMedvedev VV, Yakshin AE, van de Kruijs RWE, Krivtsun VM, Yakunin AM, Koshelev KN, Bijkerk F
JournalOptics Letters
Volume36
Pagination3344-3346
Date PublishedSep
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0146-9592
Accession NumberWOS:000294667100014
KeywordsEXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET, LAYERS, mirrors
AbstractWe have developed a multilayer mirror for extreme UV (EUV) radiation (13.5nm), which has near-zero reflectance for IR line radiation (10.6 mu m). The EUV reflecting multilayer is based on alternating B(4)C and Si layers. Substantial transparency of these materials with respect to the IR radiation allowed the integration of the multilayer coating in a resonant quarter-wave structure for 10.6 mu m. Samples were manufactured using magnetron sputtering deposition technique and demonstrated suppression of the IR radiation by up to 3 orders of magnitude. The EUV peak reflectance amounts 45% at 13: 5nm, with a bandwidth at FWHM being 0.284 nm. Therefore such a mirror could replace conventional multilayer mirrors to suppress undesired spectral components in monochromatic imaging applications, including EUV photolithography. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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Alternate JournalOpt. Lett.