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AssigneeCymer, Inc.
InventorsKevin Michael O'Brien, Joshua Jon Thornes, Daniel Jason Riggs, Rui Jiang
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A system and method for automatically performing gas optimization after a refill in the chambers of a two chamber gas discharge laser such as an excimer laser is disclosed. The laser is continuously fired at a low power output, and the gas in the amplifier laser chamber bled if necessary until the discharge voltage meets or exceeds a minimum value without dropping the pressure below a minimum value. The power output is increased, and the gas bled again if necessary until the voltage and pressure meet or exceed the minimum values. The laser is then fired in a burst pattern that approximates the expected firing of the laser in operation, and the gas bled if necessary until the discharge voltage meets or exceeds the minimum value and the output energy meets or exceeds a minimum value, again without dropping the pressure in the chamber below the minimum value. Once the minimum values are provided, the process runs quickly without manual interaction.
A dual chamber gas discharge laser light source, comprising:
A method of automatically optimizing the gas in the amplifier laser chamber of a dual chamber gas discharge laser light source having a master oscillator and an amplifier, each of the master oscillator and amplifier having a laser chamber containing a lasing medium gas comprising a halogen, the method comprising the steps of:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method of automatically optimizing the gas in the amplifier laser chamber of a dual chamber gas discharge laser light source having a master oscillator and an amplifier, each of the master oscillator and amplifier having a laser chamber containing a lasing medium gas comprising a halogen, the method comprising the steps of:
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